The International Cyanide Management Institute (ICMI) announced today that Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd. (KCGM), located in Australia, has been certified in full compliance with the International Cyanide Management Code (Cyanide Code).
Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines was initially certified under the Cyanide Code in September 2008, and was recertified in January 2012, in August 2015, and in March 2019. Most recently KCGM was certified in substantial compliance in June 2022, and the operation’s Corrective Action Plan was posted on the Cyanide Code website. ICMI has received and accepted a report from an independent professional third-party auditor verifying that the Corrective Action Plan has been fully implemented and that KCGM is in full compliance with the Cyanide Code. The auditor’s Corrective Action Plan Completion Report is available on Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines’ Signatory Page on the Cyanide Code website, and the Corrective Action Plan has been removed.
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. We invite you to read our 2021 Annual Report, which can be viewed here.
Date:
Tuesday, December 6, 2022