Resources

Manual for Training Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Miners

UNIDO 2006 English

This manual provides training strategies for people teaching artisanal miners and their families both health-related and technical information and skills. This includes peer-educators, technical experts with little or no teaching experience, as well as those accustomed to teaching in academic settings.

Minamata Convention on Mercury

United Nations Environment Program English

Document D'Orientacion: Élaboration d’un plan d’action national pour réduire et, si possible, éliminer l’utilisation du mercure pour l’extraction artisanale et à petite échelle de l’or

United Nations Environment Program Global Mercury Partnership 2017 French

Le présent document développe le document d’orientation du PNUE consacré à l’élaboration d’un plan stratégique national pour la réduction de l’usage du mercure dans l’extraction artisanale et à petite échelle de l’or (PNUE 2001), et a pour objet de traduire les avancées réalisées en ce qui concerne la compréhension du secteur. Bien que ce document ne soit pas juridiquement contraignant et ne saurait constituer une extension ou une nouvelle interprétation de la Convention de Minamata, il a pour objet de guider les pays dans l’élaboration de PAN conformes aux prescriptions de la Convention et de fournir des informations techniques, juridiques et de politique générale se rapportant à des questions concernant le secteur de l’extraction artisanale et à petite échelle de l’or, qui pourraient aider à l’élaboration et la mise en œuvre des PAN.

Pilot Study: Advancing Transparency in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining and the Mineral Supply Chains in the Great Lakes Region

Tychsen, J., Appel, P.W.U., Hassan, U.A., Jørgensen, T. & Azubike, O.C. 2015 English

The objective of this study is to conceptualise the ICGLR's Regional Initiative against the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources (RINR) EITI tool by examining the opportunities to enhance transparency in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) and the mineral supply chains in the Great Lakes Region.

Direct smelting of gold concentrates, a safer alternative to mercury amalgamation in small-scale gold mining operations

Abbey, C. E., Nartey, R. S., Al-Hassan, S., & Amankwah, R. K. 2014 English

This paper reports on a study regarding a safer alternative method of gold recovery; direct smelting. This process generates a final product in one-step as compared to the three-step amalgamation, retorting/heating and smelting, currently practiced. Direct smelting has the potential to replace amalgamation and retorting because it is more effective, easier, quicker and cheaper.

Development and implementation of artisanal and small-scale gold miner training resources for reducing mercury use and release in South America

Biodiversity Resources Institute, Artisanal Gold Council, Cordy Geosciences 2015 English

This project has developed materials for training miners on technical alternatives and improvements that can be introduced to ASGM operations. These materials were designed with the goal of helping to improve efficiency in the mining process to increase gold recovery while simultaneously reducing the reliance on mercury in ASGM.

Final Report: Mitigating Mercury Emissions from Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining in Indonesia.

Blacksmith Institute and the Yayasan Tambuhak Sinta. 2013 English

Guidance Document: Developing a National Action Plan to Reduce and Where Feasible, Eliminate Mercury Use in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining

United Nations Environment Program Global Mercury Partnership 2017 Chinese

This document represents an expansion of the UNEP Guidance Document: Developing a National Strategic Plan to Reduce Mercury Use in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (UNEP 2011), and is intended to reflect advances in understanding of the ASGM sector. Although this guidance document is not legally binding and is not to be construed as a further elaboration or official interpretation of the Minamata Convention, it is intended to provide guidance to countries in formulating NAPs that are consistent with the requirements of the Minamata Convention, and provide technical, legal and policy information on issues related to ASGM

Guidance Document: Developing a National Action Plan to Reduce and Where Feasible, Eliminate Mercury Use in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining

United Nations Environment Program Global Mercury Partnership 2017 Arabic

This document represents an expansion of the UNEP Guidance Document: Developing a National Strategic Plan to Reduce Mercury Use in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (UNEP 2011), and is intended to reflect advances in understanding of the ASGM sector. Although this guidance document is not legally binding and is not to be construed as a further elaboration or official interpretation of the Minamata Convention, it is intended to provide guidance to countries in formulating NAPs that are consistent with the requirements of the Minamata Convention, and provide technical, legal and policy information on issues related to ASGM.

Guidance Document: Developing a National Action Plan to Reduce and Where Feasible, Eliminate Mercury Use in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining

United Nations Environment Program Global Mercury Partnership 2017 Russian

This document represents an expansion of the UNEP Guidance Document: Developing a National Strategic Plan to Reduce Mercury Use in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (UNEP 2011), and is intended to reflect advances in understanding of the ASGM sector. Although this guidance document is not legally binding and is not to be construed as a further elaboration or official interpretation of the Minamata Convention, it is intended to provide guidance to countries in formulating NAPs that are consistent with the requirements of the Minamata Convention, and provide technical, legal and policy information on issues related to ASGM.