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This pocketbook has been developed to help artisanal miners keep track of elements regarding their mining operations and activities over time in order to maintain a comprehensive and accurate log. The objective is to facilitate the financial inclusion of miners and provide support in practicing better book keeping. This product is also available in French. 
 

A presentation by the planetGOLD Colombia project team and the Alliance for Responsible Mining focused on the application of planetGOLD Critiera and the CRAFT Code when working with small-scale mining. 

A presentation conducted by the planetGOLD Colombia project team and Alliance for Responsible Mining focused on the implementation of the planetGOLD Critiera and CRAFT Code while working with a small-scale mining operation. The recording of the session is available here: planetGOLD Colombia and Alliance for Responsible Mining presentation

Training module for increasing government capacity

The planetGOLD Mongolia project introduced the new systems that are designed as 100% gravimetric technology without using any chemicals in Mongolia's ASGM sector.

This is the fourth and final module of the Verification and Capacity Building Training package.

Au Guyana, le secteur de l’exploitation minière artisanale, à petite et moyenne échelle de l’or (EMAPE) est établi depuis plus de cent ans. Les activités minières ont été entièrement légalisées par la loi sur l’exploitation minière de 1989. Le secteur de l’EMAPE représente 70 % de la production aurifère nationale, où le mercure est largement utilisé dans la dernière étape du processus d’extraction de l’or. Trois sites de démonstration de technologie sans mercure ont été mis en place dans le cadre du projet. Sur chacun de ces sites, le processus est similaire : la production commence par l’excavation et l’empilement de matériaux alluviaux dans

A growing number of governments and donors are promoting the formalization of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). They believe that doing so puts them in a better position to govern the sector, and manage the social and environmental impacts of its activities. This paper reflects critically on attempts made to formalize ASM in Madre de Dios in Peruvian Amazonia. 

Diamond and gold mining has been practiced by artisanal miners in the Central African Republic (CAR) for decades. The recent introduction of riverine dredges indicates a transition from artisanal/manual digging and sorting techniques to small-scale mining methods. This study implements a remote sensing analysis of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data to map gold and diamond dredges operating on the Kadéï (Sangha) river in the CAR.

This technical report was prepared to assess the geological potential of the 130 km2 Djarkadougou Nord permit, located in south-west Burkina Faso in West Africa. The geological potential of the Djarkadougou North permit and its gold mineralization content has been proven for a long time. This study area, containing many artisanal gold mining sites, should allow the discovery of other economically exploitable gold mineralization, by the associations of artisanal miners from the villages located inside the permit and more specifically, that of village of Djarkadougou and the other small villages located within the boundaries of the study area.