The International Cyanide Management Institute (ICMI) has removed three companies from its list of signatories to the International Cyanide Management Code (Cyanide Code) due to nonpayment of the required 2025 annual fees.

The companies included Al Masane Al Kobra Mining Company (AMAK) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a mining company that became a Code signatory in 2023, and Multiservicios Kaxiclan’s S.A.C., based in Peru, a transport company in Peru that signed on to the Cyanide Code in 2024, and  State Forwarders Ltd., based in Tanzania, a transport signatory since 2024.  None of these companies achieved Cyanide Code certification at their respective operations.

The above noted changes to the signatory list are effective this date.

The Cyanide Code is a risk-based assurance 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. It 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.

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 implementation and administrative documents, are available at www.cyanidecode.org.