This module familiarizes participants with the legal requirements and best practices for Tailings Storage Facility (TSF) handling in Philippine ASGM. Grounded in DAO99-32 and related regulations, it covers facility siting, design parameters, effluent standards, monitoring protocols, and permit obligations—enabling trainers to guide ASGM operators toward compliant, safe, and sustainable tailings management
Formalization—the process of integrating ASGM into the formal economy, society, and regulatory system—is a critical step toward helping address environmental and social challenges in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector and and toward achieving the sector’s development potential. This report assesses the formalization-related interventions of the planetGOLD Peru project.
The planetGOLD Mongolia project published this article in the March 2021 issue of the Mongolian Mining Journal, touching on some key points on opportunities to invest in artisanal gold and on steps the Government of Mongolia has taken to promote responsible artisanal and small-scale gold mining.
The purpose of this report is to provide a geological basis for an informed opinion as to the status and nature of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mine (ASGM) resources in the Mahdia area, Potaro-Siparuni region of Guyana
On the 25th of June 2025, the Government of Zimbabwe gazetted the long-awaited Mines and Minerals Bill, 2025. The gazetting of Zimbabwe's Mines and Minerals Bill marks a decisive step in the country's efforts to modernize its mining legislation. The Bill seeks to overhaul the regulatory framework governing the mining industry, modernizing the law to reflect contemporary industry realities. However, for the Bill to achieve its intended goals of fostering an equitable, sustainable, and inclusive mining sector, it must adequately address the realities of those working in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector.
An introduction to the planetGOLD Criteria as presented by the planetGOLD Philippines project. This training was delivered to both representatives from government agencies and the mining community.
Este documento ha sido preparado por el Artisanal Gold Council para proporcionar una guía básica práctica para el almacenamiento, el manejo y el transporte ambientalmente racional de mercurio líquido y desechos de mercurio en el Perú, particularmente desechos que consisten en mercurio elemental usado y materiales contaminados con mercurio.
Formalization—the process of integrating ASGM into the formal economy, society, and regulatory system—is a critical step toward helping address environmental and social challenges in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector and and toward achieving the sector’s development potential. This report assesses the formalization-related interventions of the planetGOLD Kenya project.
Under The Lake Victoria Gold Programme, The Impact Facility established an equipment lease-to-ownership business solution for artisanal mineral gold producers of East Africa.
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