The International Cyanide Management Institute (ICMI) announced today that it has accepted the applications of Jacobina Mineração e Comércio Ltda and Minera Meridian El Peñón to become mining Signatories to the International Cyanide Management Code (Cyanide Code). Jacobina Mineração E Comércio Ltda and Minera Meridian El Peñón are both subsidiaries of Pan American Silver. Jacobina Mineração e Comércio Ltda operates the Jacobina mine in Brazil and Minera Meridian El Peñón operates the El Peñón mine in Chile. Both mines are currently certified under the Cyanide Code, and achieved certification three times while operated by Yamana Gold. 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
By becoming a Cyanide Code Signatory, Jacobina Mineração e Comércio Ltda and Minera Meridian El Peñón commit to follow the Cyanide Code’s Principles and implement its Standards of Practice, and to have certification audits of the operations it has designated for certification conducted by independent every three years thereafter. Operations will be certified if found in compliance with the Code, and may be de-certified if it is determined that they no longer comply with the Cyanide Code.
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. 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, April 8, 2024