Resources

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 second edition of Stories from the Field, highlights planetGOLD Uganda's ongoing commitment to advancing a mercury-free artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector. This edition shows the experiences of miners who have embraced mercury-free technologies at their sites, sharing their personal journeys, challenges, and successes. It also offers clear and practical technical insights into the alternative methods miners can adopt as part of the transition to safer, cleaner, and more responsible gold mining practices.

The curriculum has been designed as an introductory level course on basic knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable artisanal and small-scale miners to run more sustainable, responsible, and profitable enterprises with focus on key safety and health concerns.

This report assesses the communication and awareness raising related interventions of the National Programme for Chemical Management, planetGOLD's partner project in Ecuador executed from 2018-2024. Strategic, inclusive communication and awareness raising practices play a critical role in educating miners and communities with artisanal and small-scale mining activities, while also helping build greater public support for transforming the ASGM sector with responsible, mercury-free mining practices.  

Highlighted in this case study are the results of a financial inclusion program for Tanzania's artisanal and small-scale mining sector begun in 2021 by The Foundation of ASM Development (FADev) in collaboration with SWISSAID Tanzania and the National Bank of Commerce (NBC). The program developed two pilot finance mechanisms in an effort to address critical challenges faced by ASM operators. This case study is part of a larger body of work documenting financial access interventions for the ASGM sector. 

This report showcases data contributions made to Delve and demonstrates the potential for a deeper sector analysis when stakeholders share data. As the inaugural report of a planned annual series, the 2019 edition explores the origins and impact of what is identified as the ‘global data gap’ on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). It outlines how through collaboration, the gap can be addressed to guide more effective ASM formalization efforts across the globe. Future reports will examine emerging themes of critical importance to ASM.

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

The IRMA Guidance Document to the IRMA Standard for Responsible Mining V1.0 has been updated. This latest version (V1.3), is available in English, and can be found under the Resources webpage.

The planetGOLD partner project implemented in Ecuador from 2018 to 2024 undertook targeted initiatives to advance formalization within Ecuador's artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector. The project's efforts towards formalization concentrated on four primary interventions, which are detailed in this report.

Strategic, inclusive communication and awareness raising practices play a critical role in educating miners and communities with artisanal and small-scale mining activities, while also helping build greater public support for transforming the ASGM sector with responsible, mercury-free mining practices. For these reasons, communication is a cross-cutting theme across the planetGOLD programme. This report assesses the communication and awareness raising related interventions of the planetGOLD Philippines project.