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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 Burkina Faso project. 

It is estimated that up to 19 million miners are exposed to mercury alone in ASM operations, giving an indication of the scale of the problem. Occupational exposure to these hazardous chemicals can severely impact body systems and organs, leading to disability, lifelong illness and even death. This report provides an overview of chemicals found in the ASM sector, summaries of different key chemicals present in those settings and policy actions. 

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. 

“Awareness-raising strategies to avoid the use of mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining” is a document that systematizes and analyzes the awareness-raising activities carried out by the planetGOLD Peru project between 2020 and 2024. The document highlights lessons learned and strategies that allow for fine-tuning future initiatives linked to awareness-raising in localities where artisanal and small-scale gold mining is practiced. También disponible en español.

This toolkit engages cooperatives and their members in conversations around six fundamental cooperative values: self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity, and solidarity.

The objectives are to improve working conditions for miners and to strengthen mining organisations and their capacity to lobby for a range of improvements and benefits.

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 draft report assesses the formalization-related interventions of the planetGOLD Colombia project. 

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

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