Resources

On 28 October 2025, the planetGOLD Sierra Leone Project brought together representatives from commercial banks, community banks, microfinance institutions, government ministries and regulatory agencies with a stake in ASGM, and the private sector, for a workshop at the Atlantic Lumley Hotel in Freetown. The workshop aimed to strengthen the capacity of financial institutions in Sierra Leone to support the formalization and sustainable development of the Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) sector through increased access to finance. The specific objectives were to: Inform financial service providers and investors about opportunities in

Esta ficha informativa ofrece una visión general de planetGOLD Costa Rica y de las acciones que impulsa para promover una minería artesanal y de pequeña escala de oro más responsable, mediante la reducción del uso de mercurio, el fortalecimiento de capacidades, la formalización del sector y el acceso a prácticas y tecnologías más sostenibles.

The study highlights that traceability should not be treated as a substitute for due diligence, but as a tool to support it. 

This paper provides an opportunity to study the drivers of ASM’s exposure to capture by criminal and armed actors, the consequences of acting on the wrong assumptions or failing to act at all, and the shared responsibility to ensure that rising demand for gold does not deepen conflict but instead supports more just outcomes.

This guidance document outlines a framework of interventions that, taken together, provide governments with the tools to support the development of the ASM sector in a holistic and sustainable manner.

This study serves as the definitive UN framework on Indigenous rights. It outlines comprehensive conclusions and recommendations across key sectors like education, health, land, and culture, while establishing a foundational working definition of "indigenous."

This handbook is an introduction to the human rights of indigenous women. As an introductory handbook, it does not provide exhaustive information on the various human rights bodies available to indigenous women, but provides some detail on the CEDAW as the only instrument specifically for women. It also provides a brief overview of the other available human rights mechanisms. 

The Amazon is under assault from organised crime. Exploiting weak governance, illegal groups are pushing deep into protected jungle areas as they seek out new routes for drug trafficking and sites to extract gold and critical minerals. The Portuguese and Spanish versions can be found here.

The objective of the study was to establish the status of the mercury trade and supply, its use in the ASGM sector, and its impacts on health and the environment.