2024 Global Forum on ASGM

This flagship event brought together some of the world’s leading thinkers and practitioners to discuss the most important issues facing planetGOLD projects and the artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector globally

The 2024 planetGOLD Global Forum on Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) took place June 3-5, 2024, in the Batangas municipality of the Philippines.

The knowledge sharing event organized by the GEF-funded planetGOLD programme aimed to bring together a wide range of stakeholders—including miner representatives, government officials, international agencies, policy and technical experts and members of the private sector—to share evidence, ideas, and lessons learned in global efforts to improve and professionalize the ASGM sector, and to work together towards a mercury-free future.

Over three days, sessions explored some of the most critical issues in the ASGM sector, including technologies for mercury-free gold processing, opportunities to improve financial access for the sector, strategies to protect vulnerable people, taxation policies, and more.

The program featured plenary and parallel sessions on the 3rd and 4th of June, with interactive in-person practicum workshops on June 5. For more details, see the schedule and speaker information linked on this page. In-person participation was invitation-only; however, selected sessions were broadcast via livestream on YouTube.