Additional planetGOLD Global Publications
Documenting planetGOLD programme experiences with ASGM supply chain mechanisms
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining's predominantly informal nature, regulatory constraints, financial limitations, and difficulties in meeting compliance standards all present challenges for miners to access formal markets. This report assesses the efficacy of planetGOLD ASGM supply chain mechanisms — focusing on experiences from country projects funded during the program's first phase, with the objective of distilling key insights for similar ASGM market access initiatives.
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Agreements and Engagement with Rightsholders in ASGM: Moving from Common Approaches toward Best Practice
This report provides guidance for planetGOLD ASGM entities to conform with the planetGOLD Criteria, specifically one criterion that requires ASGM entities to consult with and seek free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) from any Indigenous or tribal community whose rights or lands may be impacted.
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Improving Access to Formal Finance in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining
This issue brief reviews past experiences with delivering financial and allied services to the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector and examines existing barriers to attracting formal finance and investment in the sector. It concludes with recommended interventions for governments, donors and other allies to help improve ASGM’s access to formal finance in the future.
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Best Management Practices for Cyanide Use in the Small-Scale Gold Mining Sector
The gap in applicable guidance for cyanide management in the ASGM sector requires urgent attention, especially considering cyanide’s accessibility and effectiveness at gold extraction. The purpose of this document is to address this gap by providing written guidance for ASGM stakeholders on managing the risks of cyanidation where national legal and regulatory frameworks permit its use, in the context of the ASGM sector’s transition from mercury use.
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Making Mercury History: Technology Transfer Experiences in the planetGOLD Programme
This document provides an overview of the interventions that have been carried out across the planetGOLD programme as of June 2023 to advance responsible mining and eliminate mercury from the ASGM gold supply chain, through technology transfer, technical support, training, and sharing knowledge on best practices in mercury-free gold processing.
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Taxes, Fees, Royalties and the Formalisation of ASGM Producers and Exporters
This study attempts to determine whether and to what extent a country’s fiscal regime – the total of taxes, fees, and royalties – acts as significant factor pushing ASGM producers and exporters into informality. The report addresses the production segment of the gold supply chain from the commercialiszation segment and focusses specifically on nine planetGOLD countries: Burkina Faso, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Indonesia, Kenya, Mongolia, Peru, and the Philippines.
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Supply Chain Technology Solutions for planetGOLD Projects
While formal buyers are eager for gold produced by ASGM miners, meeting rigorous standards for due diligence standards and responsible sourcing poses a challenge. This study examines the role that can be played by supply chain technologies in facilitating conformity with the planetGOLD Criteria by analyzing supply chain solutions and their capacity for establishing and strengthening market links between planetGOLD producers and formal gold market buyers.
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Business Plan Template and "How to Guide"
The purpose of this guide is to help in compiling supporting documents for the purposes of obtaining financing for Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) businesses. Given the diversity of ASGM operations, this guide provides an overview of the creation of three types of business organizations: 1) Sole Proprietorship for Individual Miners, 2) Partnership or Small Business, and 3) Corporation. This is followed by a discussion on each of the business plan elements.
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Technical Report Writing Guide
The objective of a technical report is to provide a summary of important scientific and technical information concerning mineral exploration, development, and production activities on a mineral property to guide potential investors in an investment decision. This Technical Report Writing Guide sets out the report content requirements and aims to standardize the format for ASGM Technical Reports for geologists, engineers and contractors, within the context of the resources available to organized artisanal mining groups.
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Overcoming Practical Barriers for Integrating Responsible Artisanal and Small-Scale Mined Gold into International Supply Chains
When artisanal and small-scale miners produce gold observing relevant environmental, social and governance standards, practical barriers to accessing international markets typically still remain. This report aims to inform the funders, leaders, and managers of existing and planned ASGM Market Access Initiatives, to highlight the impediments such initiatives face in establishing a flow of formal responsible ASM gold into international markets.
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Communicating about ASGM
ASGM is often associated with negative impacts, however, the sector is also a source of employment and local economic development in some of the world’s most deprived areas. Few are aware of these benefits, but effective communications can help provide a more balanced view. This issue brief summarizes an analysis of the state of play in ASGM communications and emerging trends, along with recommendations aimed at communicators and decision-makers.
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Unlocking Access to Finance
This report seeks to assist ASGM programs in accessing finance by better understanding the perspective of investors and the implications of ASGM’s status as a frontier investment sector. It reviews barriers to finance, but, importantly, also discusses how ASGM may become a new investment sector as these barriers are progressively dismantled.
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Access to Finance — Options for Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining
This report reviews past experiences with delivering financial and allied services to artisanal and small-scale mining and makes recommendations regarding best practices and potential ways forward in improving access to finance based on this experience.
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