As part of examining the assurance environment applicable to mining companies, companies were required to provide a copy of their audited financial statements and in accordance with the terms of reference for our assignment, we have documented whether the participating companies and Government entities had their financial statements audited for the year covered by the EITI Report.
Table 5.19 Overview of financial statements 2017 provided by mining companies
The auditor of Grassalco has provided a qualified opinion for the financial statement 2017, dated October 19, 2019. We were informed by the CFO of Grassalco that the financial Statement up to and including 2017 are final and were adopted and approved by the shareholders, the Republic of Suriname. The minutes of the shareholder’s meetings in which these decisions are recorded are not arrested yet and therefore, not submitted yet.