Susan Keane, Ludovic Bernaudat, Kenneth J. Davis, Malgorzata Stylo, Nellia Mutemeri, Patience Singo, Pontsho Twala, Itai Mutemeri, Anne Nakafeero, Imelda Dossou Etui
English
This paper presents an overview of new data, derived from Minamata ASGM National Action Plan submissions, that can contribute to refining estimates of mercury use in ASGM, and then assesses technologies that can support the phase out mercury use in ASGM while increasing gold recovery.
With the passing of Law 11/2018 Concerning the Minamata Convention and Presidential Regulation 21/2019 Concerning the National Action Plan on the Reduction and Elimination of Mercury (RAN-PPM) in any sector, usage of mercury will be restricted and forbidden in the trade, manufacturing, and mining sectors. With regard to the mining sector, use of mercury will even be forbidden for the Artisanal Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) sector.
One of the GOLD-ISMIA objectives is to avoid 15 tonnes of mercury through the introduction of Best Environment Practices (BEP), Best Available Technology (BAT) and socially and environmentally sound Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) practices where the Project will establish 1 mercury-free processing plant and 5 small-mobile plant. The decision of implementation BEP and BAP at each of mining site will be depending upon the result of socio-economic baseline survey (including collection of sex-disaggregated data) and mercury/gold mass balance inventories.
In Indonesia, financial entities do not commonly provide loans to the ASGM sector since the sector is generally typified by high and unmitigated/unmanageable (which may be perceived or real) financial risk resulting principally from unproven and/or inconsistent financial returns from mineral production. This situation has become one of the challenges for the Global Opportunities for Long-term Development – Integrated Sound Management of Mercury in Indonesia’s Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (GOLDISMIA) Project which aims to establish financing lending arrangements through which the legalized ASGM miners/cooperatives can procure/invest
One of the GOLD-ISMIA objectives is to avoid 15 tonnes of mercury through the introduction of Best Environment Practices (BEP), Best Available Technology (BAT) and socially and environmentally sound Artisanal and Smallscale Gold Mining (ASGM) practices where the Project will establish 1 mercury-free processing plant and 5 small mobile plant. The decision of implementation BEP and BAP at each of mining site will be depending upon the result of socio-economic baseline survey (including collection of sex-disaggregated data) and mercury/gold mass balance inventories.
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