The International Cyanide Management Institute (ICMI) announced today that Excellence Freights de Mexico S.A. de C.V., a cyanide transporter in Mexico, has been certified in full compliance with the International Cyanide Management Code (Cyanide Code).
Excellence Freights was audited before it began transporting cyanide using ICMI’s Cyanide Transportation Pre-operational Verification Protocol and was conditionally certified in January 2017. As required under the Cyanide Code, the operation was audited against ICMI’s operational Verification Protocol by an independent professional third-party auditor within six months of its first transport of cyanide. ICMI has received and accepted the auditor’s Detailed Audit Findings Report which found Excellence Freights in full compliance with the Cyanide Code’s Principles and Transport Practices. The Summary Audit Report and Auditor Credentials Form are available on Excellence Freights’ Signatory Companies Page on the ICMI web site: http://cyanidecode.org/signatory-company-categories/excellence-freights-de-mexico-sa-de-cv-mexico. 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 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.
Date:
Monday, November 27, 2017