Big Solutions at the Small-scale: The Artisanal Gold Council is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the opportunities, environment, and health of the millions of people involved in Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining in the developing world, and in doing so, improving the global gold sector.  
The Artisanal Gold Council provides expertise and field experience to the OECD's Due Diligence on Gold meetings in Paris in May 2013. The outcome of this agreement will have a significant impact on ASGM gold miners all over the globe.  The Artisanal Gold Council visits Nicaragua in April 2013 to assess the ASGM sector and develop a future project to improve the sector.
The Artisanal Gold Council provided expertise to a panel discussion on "Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining – Lessons from the Past and Present for the Future" at the Prospectors and Developers Association Canada (PDAC) in Toronto, March 2013.  The Artisanal Gold Council participated in the fifth and final session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC5) to successfully complete the text for the "Minamata Treaty", a global legally binding instrument on mercury, in Geneva Switzerland from 13 to 19 January 2013.  The Artisanal Gold Council provided a series of mercury reduction and mercury-free technology training sessions to artisanal gold miners in Ghana with Solidaridad in December 2012. The Artisanal Gold™ Coin Launches the AGC Improvement Fund. A limited mintage of 104 coins were struck at Canada's Lasqueti Mint.  Copyright © 2011 Artisanal Gold Council
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 BLOG Historical and Modern Government Responses to Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining The 19th century gold rushes - roughly 1849 to 1929 (80 years), and the modern ongoing gold rush – roughly 1970 to present (40 years and continuing) make for an interesting comparison. The earlier phase played a key role in the economic development and the evolution of governance systems... It has been over a decade since the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) first sounded the alarm about the transboundary nature of mercury pollution... Concentration of Gold Ores - a Key to Reducing Mercury Use in Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining In artisanal gold mining... a good process of concentration can replace mercury and lead to big environmental and health improvements. Is Borax the Miracle Chemical that Will Replace Mercury in Artisanal Gold Mining? Can borax replace mercury in artisanal gold mining? – or is it better concentration that can replace mercury? Does Borax really have anything to do with it? Health & Artisanal Gold Mining Artisanal and small-scale gold mining presents a complex development and health-impact situation... Fifty thousand gold shops in the world's artisanal gold supply chain There are approximately 50,000 small gold shops serving artisanal and small scale gold miners worldwide... the first link in the artisanal gold supply chain to consumers...  |
