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• <br />9.2 Initiate dialogue describing cyanide management procedures and <br />responsively address identified concerns. <br />The operation is: ^ in full compliance <br />^ in substantial compliance <br />^ not in compliance ...with Standard of Practice 9.2. <br />Describe the basis for the Finding/Deficiencies Identified: <br />• <br />As noted in Section 9.1, CC&V maintains a fulltime community relations <br />management function and is actively engaged in public outreach activities that <br />provide many opportunities for stakeholders to ask questions or raise specific <br />concerns about the management of cyanide. Periodic meetings are initiated with <br />a wide range of special interest and focus groups. CC&V also maintains a <br />website that includes a substantial amount of descriptive information about the <br />key elements of the mining process. Mine tours are routinely organized; a <br />detailed tour guide is made available to tour participants that explains the <br />historical use of cyanide in the district and its routine use in the leaching process. <br />As part of the permitting process, large public meetings were held in which the <br />mine's cyanide management strategy was discussed in substantial detail. <br />9.3 Make appropriate operational and environmental information <br />regarding cyanide available to stakeholders. <br />The operation is: ^ in full compliance <br />^ in substantial compliance <br />^ not in compliance ...with Standard of Practice 9.3. <br />Describe the basis for the Finding/Deficiencies Identified: <br />• <br />As noted in Section 9.1, the public hearings required by the State and County <br />permitting processes have provided open forums for the discussion of cyanide <br />management at the site. Records and interviews indicate that such hearings have <br />been extremely well attended. Written process summaries have been developed <br />for distribution via the CC&V website and in the current brochures prepared for <br />the interested public. Use of dilute cyanide in leaching processes was explained <br />in discussions of the VLF and of the leaching process itself. Written <br />Cresson Protect <br />Name of Mine <br />~~~~~ ~ <br />~~ <br />Signature of Lead Auditor <br />10 September 2007 <br />Date <br />Page 40 of 41 <br />