The International Cyanide Management Institute (ICMI) announced today that Kinross Gold Corporation’s Russian Rail Supply Chain and Russian Ocean Supply Chain have been certified in full compliance with the International Cyanide Management Code (Cyanide Code).
Kinross Gold is a signatory to the Cyanide Code as both a gold mining company and separately as a cyanide transporter. ICMI has received and accepted Detailed Audit Findings Reports prepared by an independent professional third-party auditor who evaluated Kinross Gold’s Russian Rail Supply Chain and Russian Ocean Supply Chain against ICMI’s Transportation Verification Protocol and found them in full compliance with the Cyanide Code’s Principles and Transport Practices. The Summary Audit Reports and Auditor Credentials Forms are available on Kinross Gold’s Transportation Signatory Page on the Cyanide Code web site: https://www.cyanidecode.org/signatory-company/kinross-gold-corporation-canada. The operations must be re-audited every three years hereafter to evaluate continuing compliance with the Cyanide Code.
The Cyanide Code is a voluntary industry program for companies involved in the production of gold using cyanide and companies producing and transporting this cyanide. It was developed under the aegis of the United Nations Environment Programme by a multi-stakeholder Steering Committee. The Cyanide Code is intended to complement an operation’s existing obligation to comply with the applicable laws and regulations of the political jurisdictions 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. We invite you to read our 2018 Annual Report, which can viewed here.
Date:
Monday, September 9, 2019