Fact Sheet : Roadmap to Mercury Avoided in Six (6) Project’s Sites (January 2021)

One of the GOLD-ISMIA objectives is to avoid 15 tonnes of mercury through the introduction of Best Environment Practices (BEP), Best Available Technology (BAT) and socially and environmentally sound Artisanal and Smallscale Gold Mining (ASGM) practices where the Project will establish 1 mercury-free processing plant and 5 small mobile plant. The decision of implementation BEP and BAP at each of mining site will be depending upon the result of socio-economic baseline survey (including collection of sex-disaggregated data) and mercury/gold mass balance inventories.