The International Cyanide Management Institute (ICMI) announced today that Gold Fields Limited’s South Deep Gold Mine (South Deep), located in South Africa, has been recertified in full compliance with the International Cyanide Management Code (Cyanide Code). Notably, this is the one-thousandth certification under the Cyanide Code in the program’s history; with the first Cyanide Code certification in 2006.
South Deep was initially certified in full compliance with the Cyanide Code in December 2008 and was recertified in February 2012, in March 2015, and in September 2018. As required under the Cyanide Code, the mine was again audited against ICMI’s Verification Protocol by independent professional third-party auditors within three years of its previous certification. ICMI has received and accepted the auditors’ Detailed Audit Findings Report, which found that South Deep had maintained full compliance with the Cyanide Code’s Principles and Standards of Practice since its previous certification. The Summary Audit Report and Auditor Credentials Form are available on Gold Fields’ Signatory Page on the Cyanide Code website. 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 focused on the safe and environmentally responsible management of cyanide by companies producing gold and/or silver and by companies manufacturing, warehousing, and transporting cyanide. The Cyanide Code was developed under the aegis of the United Nations Environment Programme by a multi-stakeholder Steering Committee and is amongst the most established certification programs in the mining sector. The Cyanide Code is intended to complement an operation’s existing obligation to comply with the applicable laws and regulations of the political jurisdiction 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 for operations using, producing, and transporting cyanide. 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, February 15, 2022