The International Cyanide Management Institute (ICMI) announced today that Cyanco Corporation’s Western U.S. Rail, Barge and Truck Supply Chain has been certified in full compliance with the International Cyanide Management Code (Cyanide Code).
Cyanco is a signatory to the Cyanide Code as both a cyanide producer and separately as a consigner/transporter. As a consigner/transporter, Cyanco organizes and manages supply chains comprised of companies it has contracted to transport cyanide. Cyanco Corporation’s Western U.S. Rail, Barge and Truck Supply Chain was audited before it began transporting cyanide using ICMI’s Cyanide Transportation Pre-operational Verification Protocol and was conditionally certified in March 2013. As required under the Cyanide Code, the operation was audited against ICMI’s operational Verification Protocol by an independent professional third-party auditor. ICMI has received and accepted the auditor’s Detailed Audit Findings Report which found Cyanco’s Western U.S. Rail, Barge and Truck Supply Chain in full compliance with the Cyanide Code’s Principles and Transport Practices. The Summary Audit Report and Auditor Credentials Form are available on Cyanco’s Transporter Signatory Company Page on the ICMI web site: http://cyanidecode.org/signatory-company/cyanco-corporation. The operation must be re-audited every three years hereafter to evaluate continuing compliance with the Cyanide Code.
The Cyanide Code is a voluntary industry program for companies involved in the production of gold 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.
Date:
Tuesday, October 18, 2016