Curated Collections

The planetGOLD Knowledge Repository

Curated collections include some of the most useful and relevant resources on key ASGM topics, selected by the planetGOLD team. Click the topics below to expand and explore.

Engaging communication materials and campaigns to inform, educate, and change behaviors

Awareness Raising
Special considerations for mining near protected areas and critical ecosystems.

Biodiversity
Information on the controversial use of cyanide in ASGM.

Cyanide
Information to facilitate responsible sourcing of ASGM gold.

Due Diligence and Responsible Gold Criteria
Tools, techniques and discussions around mercury monitoring in the ASGM sector.

Environmental Monitoring
Access to appropriate financing mechanisms helps miners improve efficiency and go mercury-free.

Finance
Integrate ASGM into the formal economy, society, and regulatory system.

Formalization
Learn about incorporating a gender dimension into activities to support ASGM actors.

Gender
The use of remote sensing imagery to characterize the impacts of ASGM.

Geospatial Data
Mercury and other hazards threaten miners' health and their communities.

Health
A selection of resources that cover a range of topics related to this complex issue.

Illicit Gold Mining
Recommendations and resources to inform programs and miner efforts who engage with Indigenous Peoples and vulnerable communities.

Indigenous Community Engagement
Learn how the planetGOLD projects aim to formalize the ASGM sector.

Jurisdictional and Landscape Approaches
Collection of ASM knowledge hubs that offer resources on different aspects of ASM.

Knowledge Hubs
An amicable relationship between LSM and ASGM would improve the industry in many ways.

Large-Scale Gold Mining and ASGM
Tailings must be discarded with proper stabilization or containment measures

Mercury Tailings Management
Publications emphasizing the challenges around this topic and the significance of the Minamata Convention.

Mercury Trade
Mercury-free ASGM technologies can help miners recover gold more efficiently and safely.

Mercury-free ASGM
A short list of resources that focus on Occupational Safety and Health practices in the ASGM sector.

Occupational Safety
Trainings for facilitators and miners related to ASGM operations.

Trainings