Resources

This study included a consultative process with a broad array of stakeholder groups yielding consensus on the principal obstacles to ASGM formalization. To enable ASGM operators to formalize, a recommendation emerged for a National Unified Formalization Plan, which rests on six proposals that largely align with current policy and legislation.

This case study documents the finance models implemented by the planetGOLD Kenya project in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) communities, with a consideration of the gender aspects of the projects. 

This module provides a comprehensive summary of the research and focus under the El Dorado Gold Verification and Capacity Building Consultancy.  Composed of four topics: (1) Production; (2) Responsible Mining Standards; (3) Chain of Custody System, and (4) El Dorado Branding

The paper reports on several areas of ASM intervention applied across World Bank programs over the last five decades to understand what has and has not worked well. 

"The paper's principal audiences are World Bank Country Management Units and government clients, however given the paper’s important findings on support to the sector, secondary audiences include bilateral partners (donors) and the network of stakeholders involved in ASM who are critical for helping to build a new culture of scaled partnership to the sector."

This fact sheet provides an overview of Pact's work on artisanal and small-scale gold mining, including the organization's approach to professionalizing the sector and current and previous projects. 

This report attempts to illustrate ASM and its opportunities, challenges and to explain the issues and the development opportunities that it offers if well managed.

The 2019/2020 Annual Progress Report published by planetGOLD provides an overview of the progress made since the launch of the planetGOLD programme in early 2019 and includes data from the initiation of each of the national projects through fall 2020. This executive summary provides a snapshot of the key points from the full report, across the programme's 4 key programmatic areas: formalization, access to finance, technical solutions, and access to formal markets.

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.

The study reinterprets the economics of ASGM by focusing on net price discovery—the real value miners retain after subtracting production costs, environmental harms, and rents captured by more powerful actors, rather than simply looking at gross revenues or total output.