The report identified John Harmse, vice president of global projects, SSR Mining, the mine’s owner, and Cengiz Demirci, senior vice president-operations for SSR Mining, as primary responsible parties. Demirci was arrested in February and released after six hours. A total of 26 individuals were identified with secondary responsibility, including officials who signed off on the positive Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). They also found primarily at fault by the experts.

The report, according to the duvaR. english article, summarized the multiple errors that led to the disaster. Failure to properly establish the project management mechanism, the capacity increase, the design errors in the prepared projects, the insufficient monitoring during the operation phase, the inadequate warning systems, and the lack of an effective management system to act upon the warning signs of cracks were all influential factors in the occurrence of the incident. The report also noted that the incident caused environmental pollution.

The Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB) said it warned of a slippage risk at the mining facility months before the incident. SSR acknowledged that it has received a copy of the Expert Committee Report and said it had only completed a preliminary review. The company said the Çöpler heap leach pad was designed, and has been reviewed over the years, by multiple reputable, third-party engineering firms. Based on its preliminary review and assessment of the incident, SSR said it has not identified any material non-conformance with the construction or operation of the heap leach pad relative to the third-party engineered design parameters.