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The planetGOLD Knowledge Repository
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ASGM Formalization: Lessons Learned from GOLD-ISMIA (planetGOLD Indonesia)
planetGOLD Indonesia (GOLD-ISMIA) English
Midway through its project lifespan, the planetGOLD project in Indonesia reflects on the achievement of its formalization target. Taking local situations into consideration, the project reflects that supporting the formalization of 60 mining groups in the 6 project locations within 5 years may not be easy. The project is therefore opting to re-route its supports based on the outputs resulting from each formalization target.
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Interview with Medium Scale Miner Vincent Xavier
planetGOLD Guyana English
The planetGOLD Guyana project is supporting Guyana with the move towards reducing and eliminating, where possible, the use of mercury in ASGM sector. Here we meet up with one small miner from Region 8 in Guyana, South America where he shares his knowledge on the dangers or mercury and his experience as a miner.
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Interview with Small-Scale Miner Juliana Thorne in Region 8, Guyana
planetGOLD Guyana English
The planetGOLD Guyana project is supporting Guyana with the move towards reducing and eliminating, where possible, the use of mercury in ASGM sector. Here we meet up with one small scale woman miner from Region 8 in Guyana, South America where she shares her knowledge on the dangers or mercury and her experience as a miner.
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Interview with Small-Scale Miner from Guyana, Germain Young
planetGOLD Guyana English
The planetGOLD Guyana project is supporting Guyana with the move towards reducing and eliminating, where possible, the use of mercury in ASGM sector. Here we meet up with one small miner from Region 8 in Guyana, South America where he shares his knowledge on the dangers or mercury and his experience as a miner.
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For Women Entrepreneurs in Ghana's Mining Communities, Finance is Golden
Solidaridad English
Solidaridad, with the support of the global luxury group Kering, take Village Savings and Loans Associations to the next level through an innovative revolving fund that empowers women led enterprises.
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Бичил уурхай: Хариуцлагатай хөрөнгө оруулалтын боломж
planetGOLD Mongolia Mongolian
planetGOLD Mongolia төсөл "Өдрийн сонин"-ы 2021 оны гуравдугаар сарын 30-ны дугаарт алтны бичил уурхайд дахь хөрөнгө оруулалтын боломжууд болон Монгол Улсын Засгийн газраас хариуцлагатай алтны бичил уурхайг дэмжихийн тулд хэрэгжүүлж буй алхмуудын талаар нийтлүүлсэн байна.
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Artisanal Gold: Opportunities for Responsible Investment in Mongolia
planetGOLD Mongolia English
The planetGOLD Mongolia project published this article in the March 2021 issue of the Mongolian Mining Journal, touching on some key points on opportunities to invest in artisanal gold and on steps the Government of Mongolia has taken to promote responsible artisanal and small-scale gold mining.
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The Impact of Covid-19 on artisanal mining in Western Central African Republic
Alexandre Jaillon English
To assess the socio-economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector in Western Central African Republic (CAR), IPIS conducted a series of phone surveys with key informants located on 260 gold and diamond mining sites.
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Evaluating and Monitoring Small Scale Gold Mining and Mercury Use: Building a Knowledge-base with Satellite Imagery and Field Work
Daniel Stapper and Kevin Telmer English
This project was a pilot study at building a basic database for ASM sites in Brazil and Indonesia. The aim was to combine field work with satellite imagery to build a database that would span spatial scales and times greater than possible through field work alone.
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The source and fate of sediment and mercury in the Tapajo´s River, Para´, Brazilian Amazon: Ground- and space-based evidence
Kevin Telmer, Maycira Costa, et al. English
This paper presents results of mercury (Hg) in surface waters and soils and an analysis of satellite imagery from the Tapajo´s River basin, Brazilian Amazon, and the Reserva Garimpeira do Tapajo´s, the legal gold mining district of the basin.
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