CMSI partners announce the final public consultation for the Consolidated Mining Standard to start on 8 October 2025

Stakeholders and rights-holders are encouraged to submit feedback, and help shape the future of mining.

8 October 2025: Partners of the Consolidated Mining Standard Initiative (CMSI) – The Copper Mark, ICMM, the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) and the World Gold Council (WGC) – are pleased to announce the final public consultation for the Consolidated Standard, Assurance Process and Claims Policy will run from 8 October to 17 November 2025.

The Consolidated Standard combines the best of four existing standards into one comprehenasive and practical standard supported by a robust Assurance Process and Claims Policy, reducing complexity in the standards landscape and increasing adoption among companies seeking to follow a credible global benchmark.

The final public consultation for the Consolidated Standard, Assurance Process and Claims Policy will enable all interested stakeholders and rights-holders operating in the mining industry and value chain, and all those affected by mining activities, to review and provide feedback before the documents are finalised.

The Partners will undertake engagement activities during the final public consultation, including virtual public webinars across different time zones; direct briefings to a wide range of stakeholders and rights-holders, including CSOs, government representatives and policymakers; and dedicated engagements with Indigenous Peoples and Indigenous Peoples’ organisations.

Through this extensive engagement and consultation process, stakeholders, and rights-holders from around the world are invited to collaborate in shaping a Standard that will help drive positive outcomes for both people and the environment along individual metals’ value chains – from mining to smelting, refining and beyond. Stakeholders are encouraged to ‘have their say’ and help shape the future.

Access the consultation portal and documents

The public consultation process is guided by ISEAL’s Code of Good Practice to ensure transparency, inclusiveness and legitimacy.

The CMSI public consultation portal, which is independently hosted and accessible on the CMSI website, provides stakeholders and rights-holders with an accessible means to provide feedback on the Consolidated Standard, the Assurance Process and Claims Policy: CMSI Feedback Portal – Consolidated Mining Standard Initiative.

The revised Consolidated Standard, Assurance Process and Claims Policy are available in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Brazilian Portuguese and may be accessed here: https://miningstandardinitiative.org/final-public-consultation/

For additional clarity and transparency, reports detailing the response to feedback received through the first consultation on the Consolidated Standard, Assurance Process and Claims Policy have also been made available: https://miningstandardinitiative.org/final-public-consultation/

The final public consultation follows the first public consultation, between 16 October and 16 December 2024, which received substantial and detailed feedback from 192 stakeholders in 25 countries, with almost 4,700 individual comments submitted.

Following the finalisation of the Governance Model, the Copper Mark Board is evolving. The evolved Board, which will have multi-stakeholder participation, will have meaningful input into the finalisation of the Consolidated Standard, Assurance Process and Claims Policy and will be solely responsible for their approval. We expect to have the Independent Chair and members of the independent Board appointed, and the final Consolidated Standard launched in the first half of 2026.

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For further information, interviews, and queries, please see the media relations contacts below.

Media contacts (representing the four partner organisations)
Issued by R&A Strategic Communications on behalf of the CMSI:
Charmane Russell +27 82 372 5816 or charmane@rasc.co.za
Katherine Bester +27 83 441 0671 or katherineb@rasc.co.za

ICMM – Molly Stewart – molly.stewart@icmm.com
World Gold Council – Steph Cadman – stephanie.cadman@gold.org
Mining Association of Canada – Paul Hébert – phebert@mining.ca
The Copper Mark – David Perri – david.perri@coppermark.org