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Meet Our People The Artisanal Gold Council (AGC) is a charitable nonprofit organization based out of Victoria, BC, Canada. We are global experts leading the transformation to an environmentally sound, socially responsible, and formalized artisanal gold mining sector. Our global team has extensive field knowledge and direct experience with Artisanal and
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The Artisanal Gold Council is a non-profit improving the lives and conditions of artisanal and small-scale gold miners. Today, we recognize the hard work and dedication of artisanal and small-scale gold miners. 👷🏽 👷🏽 Despite employing around 500,000 miners, the ASGM sector operates in an informal environment–making them more vulnerable to
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By Dr. Paleah Moher, Human and Ecosystem Health, AGC Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) presents a complex development and health-impact situation. On one hand it provides livelihoods to tens of millions people in the developing world while contributing significantly to the global supply of gold. On the other hand ASGM is accompanied
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These principles are at the core of the formalization process advocated by the Artisanal Gold Council when implementing projects for entities like planetGOLD and other stakeholders. To put it in a simple formula a conclusion: without formalization, ASM will not flourish, and without a thriving ASM sector, investments in mining may fall short of
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The World Gold Council and its member companies support the responsible mining and trading of gold from all legitimate sources, including artisanal and small-scale gold
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· Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is an economic sector marked by ambiguities and historical social conflicts in Brazil's Amazon region. Currently, this activity corresponds to the direct income of approximately 35,000 workers in
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· A government 2019 report estimates that 7,081 kg of gold in Uganda is artisanally mined per year, which accounts for more than 90 percent of all the country’s gold production. In 2022, Uganda passed the new Mining and Minerals Law, which for the first time, integrated regulations governing artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM).
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Home. The Minamata Convention on Mercury defines artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) as gold mining conducted by individuals or small enterprises with limited capital investment and production. Mercury is often used in ASGM to extract gold from ore or sediments. The resulting mixture of mercury and gold, known as amalgam, is heated to
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December 24, 2023 at 10:38 PM ·. Season's greetings from the Artisanal Gold Council Philippines! With sincere gratitude, we extend our thanks to all our partners and allies from all sectors through the planetGOLD Philippines project. Your collaboration is instrumental in driving progress in our mission for a formalized, environmentally sound
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The planetGOLD programme is working to eliminate mercury from the supply chain of gold produced by artisanal and small-scale miners by supporting improvements in these four areas. Awareness Raising Improving understanding of the challenges and opportunities of artisanal and small-scale gold mining, in local communities and beyond
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Global GOLD Global knowledge management and exchange of child project results (2019-2024) As a Financial Advocacy service provider on this project, AGC will lead education, outreach and advocacy to the financial services and investment sector. The overall goal is to educate financial service providers and investors about the changing landscape of
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· As it has been reported, the government recognized how potential revenue was lost through the sale of gold by artisanal miners in informal markets (Mabhena, 2012; Spiegel, 2014). In other words, the benefits of formalizing exceeded the costs of enforcement, in a sector that provides livelihoods to an estimated 2 million
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· A group of researchers has developed a two-pillar-based approach to detoxify artisanal gold extraction with the goal of helping miners keep their livelihoods while reducing associated health risks
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Frequently Asked Questions Where does gold come from? All rocks are made up of one or more minerals. Gold, while also a native element, is one such mineral. Therefore, a given rock may contain gold within its mineral mixture. But how does it get there? It starts deep in the earth. Far below the earth’s […]
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Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a thriving industry in the Philippines, with an estimated 500,000 miners operating in more than 40 provinces out of 81 provinces in the country. The Philippines is among
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· Environmental and health risks posed. to children by artisanal gold mining: A systematic review. Lao-Tzu Allan-Blitz 1,2 , Charlotte Goldfine 2,3,4. and Timothy B Erickson 2,3,4,5. Abstract. There
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· About 30% of Tanzania’s artisanal gold miners are women. GEITA, TANZANIA—As the morning breeze sweeps across a rugged mining site at Tanzania’s northwest Sabora village, Judith
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In the Philippines and Mongolia the AGC is working to bring positive changes to the countrys’ artisanal gold sector in innovative ways. The project will help the countries to
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· Artisanal and small-scale gold miners are confronted with numerous hazards often resulting in varying degrees of injuries and fatalities. In Ghana, like many developing countries, there is paucity of information on the causes and nature of the accidents that result in the injuries. The study was a retrospective, cross sectional type
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Global Knowledge Hub for Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining. Improving the global state of knowledge and transforming thinking about ASGM through the creation of a
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The project picked up the name Just Gold in 2017. The first successful chain of custody from mine site to export was announced in June 2017. A month later, the first conflict-free, traceable, and legal artisanal gold
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Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) ASGM is a collective term embracing both small scale and artisanal mining. It covers formal or informal mining which is characterised by low capital intensity and high labour intensity and relatively simple methods for exploration, extraction, and processing. ASGM can involve men and women working on
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The project picked up the name Just Gold in 2017. The first successful chain of custody from mine site to export was announced in June 2017. A month later, the first conflict-free, traceable, and legal artisanal gold from Democratic Republic of Congo hit the market in Canada. The Just Gold project was funded by Global Affairs Canada as part of
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· Mines used by artisanal miners are frequently small, claustrophobic, and poorly ventilated. Also, they face a number of health and safety hazards, such as dust and fumes, trips and falls, and tool and machinery-related injuries. Artisanal gold miners suffer numerous extra dangers in addition to the dangers posed by mining and mercury.
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· In 2020, the Centre for Natural Resources Governance, (CNRG) observed that many men on artisanal gold mining sites were uncomfortable working with women in their syndicates because women “polluted” the mining space and made the
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Our Apporach We use an integrated approach We work directly with Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining communities and local experts to develop integrated and practical
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· 150 million people worldwide are economically dependent on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). According to estimates, over 40 million people work directly in artisanal and small-scale mining, around half of them in gold mining (ASGM)[i] .
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