Altanbagana Bayarsaikhan

Including the active intervention of the planetGOLD Mongolia project, the ASM regulation was amended and ratified in 2022, providing relief to artisanal miners in Mongolia.

planetGOLD Монгол төсөл алтны нийлүүлэлтийн сүлжээний нэг оролцогч тал нь бичил уурхай мөн тул алтны нийт үйлдвэрлэл, худалдааны хүрээнд тус салбарыг томоор харж, тохирох зохицуулалтуудыг хийх нь чухал гэдгийг онцлон авч үзэж байна.

Here is the story of importing mercury-free processing system (MFPS) equipment from South America to Central Asia. It outlines the challenges of overseeing international logistics management at the best of times, compounded by the intersecting challenges of the global COVID-19 pandemic, a local strike in Colombia, and a complex international incident involving Russia, Ukraine, NATO, and ensuing sanctions.

After nearly three years of waiting, new artisanal and small-scale mining regulations have been approved by the Government of Mongolia. In September 2019 the Government had suspended key clauses of the ASM regulations until they was revised, leading to a freeze on issuing new ASM land permits and discontinuation of existing mining contracts. The planetGOLD Mongolia project was included in a taskforce led by the Ministry of Mining and Heavy Industry for revising and developing the new ASM regulations.

In 2020, the planetGOLD Mongolia project conducted a contextual study to assess the standards and practices of ASGM in Bayangol soum, Mandal soum, and Tunkhel village of Selenge province, as well as Altai soum of Khovd province, and Yusunbulag soum of Gobi-Altai province.