The International Cyanide Management Institute (ICMI) announced today that Australian Gold Reagents’ (AGR) Western Australia Supply Chain has been recertified in full compliance with the International Cyanide Management Code (Cyanide Code).
AGR is a signatory to the Cyanide Code as both a cyanide producer and separately as a consigner/transporter. As a consigner/transporter, AGR organizes and manages supply chains comprised of companies it has contracted to transport cyanide. AGR’s Western Australia Supply Chain was initially certified in compliance with the Cyanide Code in September 2006, and recertified in April 2010, June 2013, and in September 2016. As required under the Cyanide Code, the supply chain was again audited against ICMI’s Transportation Verification Protocol within three-years of its previous certification by an independent professional third-party auditor. ICMI has received and accepted the auditor’s Detailed Audit Findings Report which found that AGR’s Western Australia Supply Chain had maintained full compliance with the Cyanide Code’s Principles and Transport Practices throughout the previous three years. The Summary Audit Report and Auditor Credentials Form are available on AGR’s Transport Signatory Page on the ICMI web site: https://www.cyanidecode.org/signatory-company/australian-gold-reagents-ltd. The operation must be re-audited every three years to evaluate continuing compliance with the Cyanide Code.
The Cyanide Code is a voluntary industry program for companies involved in the production of gold and/or silver using cyanide and companies producing and transporting this cyanide. It was developed under the aegis of the United Nations Environment Programme by a multi-stakeholder Steering Committee. The Cyanide Code is intended to complement an operation’s existing obligation to comply with the applicable laws and regulations of the political jurisdictions in which the operation is located.
ICMI has been established to administer the Cyanide Code, promote its adoption, evaluate its implementation, and manage the certification process. A detailed list of the operations covered by signatory companies’ applications, along with the full text of the Cyanide Code and its implementing and administrative documents, are available at www.cyanidecode.org. We invite you to read our 2018 Annual Report, which can viewed here.
Date:
Friday, November 15, 2019