Dear Friends,
Two months ago, The Copper Mark, Mining Association of Canada, World Gold Council and ICMM, partners of the CMSI, shared a draft consolidated Standard, governance model, assurance process and reporting and claims policy for public consultation. We have received so much helpful feedback and want to thank everyone who has taken the time to share their views. It is instrumental in helping us to make the draft Standard and oversight system better.
The consultation is closing at 23:59 PST tonight so if there is anyone who still wants to submit feedback, now is your chance.
Once the consultation has closed, the next steps will be to consolidate the feedback into a consultation report that will summarise what we have received. We will also disclose, with the permission of those consulted, the individual responses submitted through the consultation portal.
We will then work with members of the Stakeholder and Industry advisory groups to work through the feedback to support the development the next iteration of the Standard and oversight system. This will then be shared for a second round of public consultation in 2025.
Keep an eye out for further email updates with next steps as outlined above. We will also continue to provide updates on progress being made and events we are participating in. You can find more information here: https://miningstandardinitiative.org/events/
Thank you again for your support and we look forward to an exciting 2025.
Best wishes,
Antonia on behalf of the Initiative Partners