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Field research conducted by the GOLD-ISMIA project team at Buwun Mas and Kedaro villages at the Sekotong field location investigated the mass balance of Hg during amalgamation in a rod mill

The brochure intends to encourage small-scale miners to sell gold to the BSP and its authorized representatives. It contains the advantages of selling gold formally, the basic information about the BSP, and its gold-buying conditions.

This slide deck was presented during a April 2024 webinar for planetGOLD national projects giving an overview of Negotiations for Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities (IL&PCs). It is the third in a series of webinars on Jurisdictional Approach (JA) / Landscape Approach (LA).

This slide deck was presented during a May 2024 webinar for planetGOLD national projects giving an overview of landscape action planning. It is the fifth in a series of webinars on Jurisdictional Approach (JA) / Landscape Approach (LA).

This report describes a workshop for government officials in Niger that promoted a national dialogue on ASM governance challenges related to illicit financial flows and conflict.

This slide deck was presented during a February 2024 webinar for planetGOLD national projects giving an overview of integrated landscape management. It is the first in a series of webinars on Jurisdictional Approach (JA) / Landscape Approach (LA).

This article examines the recentralization of power in this growing informal sector, exploring how heavy-handed implementation of national reforms contributed to livelihood insecurity. The study emphasizes how national officials invoked “formalization” rationales for mining policy shifts that obscured their underlying political and economic drivers, disempowering local district authorities and deepening the marginalization of informal livelihoods.

Parte de "Desarrollo de un producto financiero para ser utilizado en el sector de la Mineria Artesanal y de Pequena Escala de oro" del Programa Nacional para la Gestión Ambientalmente Racional y la Gestión del Ciclo de Vida de las Sustancias Químicas – proyecto

La Colombie est un pays dont la tradition minière remonte à l’époque précolombienne. En 2021, elle est devenue le quatrième exportateur d’or d’Amérique latine, avec une production de 56 tonnes.
Toutefois, malgré cette production importante, 29 % des exportations d’or sont produites par seulement sept (7) grandes et moyennes exploitations minières. 71 % de la production d’or du pays provient d’activités minières à petite échelle (20,8 %) et de l’exploitation minière de subsistance (barequeo [forme d’orpaillage artisanale] et chatarreo [mise au rebut]), avec 50,3 %. Sur la base de cette caractérisation initiale, trois (3) formes différentes de