Resources

This report highlights good legal frameworks that cover a mine's life cycle and then looks at case studies that illustrate how different jurisdictions have further integrated mechanisms into their legal frameworks to address Indigenous Peoples and mining conflict.

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 report intends to: (1) Make the case for increasing the current level of GDL refining of ASM gold; (2)Examine the obstacles to increasing ASM gold volumes going through GDL refiners; (3) Make proposals to remove or mitigate the impact of these obstacles, so that more responsibly mined ASM gold can be refined by GDL refiners; and (4) Propose ways that those committed to doing so can go further.

The IPIS Open Data dashboard on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) enables users to query and subset IPIS Open Data using various combinations of filters.

Diamond and gold mining has been practiced by artisanal miners in the Central African Republic (CAR) for decades. The recent introduction of riverine dredges indicates a transition from artisanal/manual digging and sorting techniques to small-scale mining methods. This study implements a remote sensing analysis of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data to map gold and diamond dredges operating on the Kadéï (Sangha) river in the CAR.

USAID’s Zahabu Safi (Clean Gold ) Project conducted 100+ factfinding discussions with jewelers, refiners and others active in the ASGM sector to better understand their barriers and requirements. Through this engagement, the Project identified key areas where misconception is common.

This study is an assessment of the existing legal and policy framework in the Philippines on artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in order to determine the pathways for the formalization of the ASGM sector. The study specifically aims to: (1) Review and analyze the existing policies and legal framework governing the ASGM sector, gold trading, and illicit financial flows (IFF) in the Philippines; (2) Assess the effectiveness of the implementation of the laws and regulations governing ASGM in the two project sites, namely: Paracale, Camarines Norte and Sagada, Mountain Province; (3) Identify the gaps and barriers, both legal and non-legal, to the formalization of the sector; and (4) Provide specific recommendations on the policy issues and gaps that were identified with specific gender-responsive policy recommendations that would address the gaps and barriers in the formalization of ASGM as a sector.

The document shows the gender gaps in artisanal and small-scale mining in Peru and provides recommendations for the development of an action plan with a gender approach that promotes equal rights and opportunities in the sector.

This Guide sets out the content, requirements and aim to standardize the format for Technical Report for Head Quarters (HQ) geologists, engineers and contractors.

The study involved reviewing the existing ASGM related policy and regulatory framework in light of gender dimensions in the ASGM sector in Kenya