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Este informe de progreso de planetGOLD ofrece un resumen del progreso en las áreas programáticas de planetGOLD de formalización, acceso a la financiación, soluciones técnicas, acceso a los mercados formales, sensibilización y equidad de género. El informe destaca las principales actividades llevadas a cabo por los proyectos nacionales que participan en la primera fase del programa planetGOLD y por el proyecto de coordinación global.

The Impact Facility outlines key mining equipment profiles, with the intention of helping mining investors and money lending institutions to understand what artisanal miners are seeking financial resources for, the machine profitability and their actual worth in the mining sector.

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. 

Colombia | En el municipio de Buenos Aires, Cauca, trabajamos por el empoderamiento y la participación de las mujeres que se dedican a la minería de subsistencia a través del entrenamiento en técnicas libres de mercurio.

En conjunto con ASOM - Asociación de Mujeres Afrodescendientes del Norte del Cauca logramos que estas comunidades, dedicadas a la minería tradicional, sean entrenadas en nuevas técnicas para el beneficio de oro, logrando un mejor aprovechamiento del mineral y sin recurrir a sustancias contaminantes para el medio ambiente.

Gracias al proyecto y en alianza con organizaciones locales de Buenos Aires, cerca de 200 mujeres barequeras serán beneficiadas.

Trabajando juntos, fortalecemos la meta de una #ColombiaLibreDeMercurio

Thanks to this laboratory, we can recover valuable minerals without the use of mercury. Miners from El Bagre, Antioquia, will be able to train and learn about clean extraction techniques with the environment.

Together with SENA, we work to strengthen knowledge management in favor of communities, demonstrating that gold extraction is possible without the use of mercury.

These insight are an important lessons for the range of efforts and approach on the part of governments, international organizations, and civil society organizations, to promote the use of clean and efficient technology for ASGM.

The guidelines provide basic practical guidance for the environmentally sound storage, handling, and transport of liquid mercury and mercury wastes in Peru, particularly wastes consisting of used elemental mercury and mercury contaminated materials. The guidance is adapted to the needs of Peru, which aims to progressively eliminate mercury use in artisanal and small-scale mining, and has committed to manage mercury wastes in compliance with the Minamata and Basel conventions. 

To assess the wealth of information generated in Minamata Convention National Action Plans (NAP) for ASGM sector, the finalized documents have been reviewed and quantitative and qualitative data has been extracted. Visit the website to explore the full database using the dynamic dashboards, browse thematic stories and see collection of maps with ASGM locations/regions extracted from the countries' NAP documents.