Auditing the International Cyanide Management Code

The International Cyanide Management Institute
(ICMI) will present training sessions on auditing the International
Cyanide Management Code on Oct. 18, 19 and 20. The sessions
will be available over the Internet as a series of three two-hour
presentations. Each presentation will be followed by a live
interactive session for questions and answers.

ICMI began accepting code signatories on July
11. The code is now being implemented at gold mines and cyanide
production facilities around the world. Signatory companies
must have their operations audited by independent third parties
meeting ICMI criteria and using ICMI’s Verification Audit
Protocols.

ICMI said the training sessions will discuss required
auditor credentials, the audit process and interpretation of
code provisions, with prime focus on how the audit questions
in the Verification Protocols should be applied to on-the-ground
situations.

Although not a requirement for code auditors,
this training will be critical for anyone intending to audit
the code. In addition, the training sessions will also be valuable
for those in the gold mining, cyanide production and transportation
industries that have

signed or are considering signing onto the code,
the institute said. “A full understanding of the auditors’
expectations will help them to apply the code at their operations,
improve their management of cyanide, and prepare for certification.”

ICMI said the training will also be useful to
other parties interested in the safe and environmentally sound
management of the cyanide used in gold mining, especially stakeholders
who have followed the code development process and who are interested
in seeing this programme fully implemented.