The International Cyanide Management Institute (ICMI) announced today that Golden Queen Mining Company’s Soledad Mountain Mine, located in the United States, has been certified in substantial compliance with the International Cyanide Management Code (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.
This is the Soledad Mountain Mine’s second certification under the Cyanide Code. The Soledad Mountain Mine was initially certified in January 2019. As required under the Cyanide Code, the operation was again audited against ICMI’s Verification Protocol by independent professional third-party auditors. ICMI has received and accepted the auditors’ Detailed Audit Findings Report, which found the Soledad Mountain Mine in substantial compliance with the Cyanide Code’s Principles and Standards of Practice.
The Summary Audit Report, Corrective Action Plan, and Auditor Credentials Form are available on Golden Queen Mining’s Signatory Page on the Cyanide Code website. The operation can be fully certified once it has implemented its Corrective Action Plan and achieved full compliance with the Cyanide Code. The operation must be re-audited every three years to evaluate continuing compliance with the Cyanide Code.
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. We invite you to read our 2021 Annual Report, which can be viewed here.
Date:
Tuesday, October 25, 2022