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Asia Pacific Foundation Blog June 2016

August 4th, 2015

Mining.com
$8 m grant awarded to Artisanal Gold Council to develop the sector in Peru

April 15, 2015

Douglas Business Magazine — Regional news
$8 Million Dollar DFATD Grant Awarded to Victoria-Based Artisanal Gold Council

April 14, 2015

WORLD@UVIC | NEWSLETTER
UVic graduate students work to reduce mercury use in Africa’s artisanal gold mining sector

Feb 2014

On the cover of World@UVIC. The AGC was profiled for this University of Victoria newsletter. Highlighting the work Professor Kevin Telmer, Post Doctoral Fellow Paleah Moher, Ph.D. Candidate Ricardo Rossin and M.A. Candidate Anthony Persaud in the reduction of mercury use in the ASGM. You can find the newsletter here.

All Africa
Cameroon: Extractive Industries – Value Chain Explained to Stakeholders

by Godlove Bainkong, May 2012

Los Tiempos — Local
Cochabamba, potencial centro de minería verde

by Jackeline Rojas Heredia – Los Tiempos – April 2012

Canadian Chemical News
All That Glitters

by Roberta Staley, Canadian Chemical News, Jan 2012

University of Victoria — The Ring
Gold – Good for Development, Toxic for Children

by Tara Sharpe, The Ring, University of Victoria, Oct 2011

Uvic Torch
Lethal Stakes

University of Victoria, Autumn 2011

Martlet
21st Century Gold Rush Hits Canadians Hard

by Vanessa Annand, The Martlet, Sep 2011

Telmer attended the OECD Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains in May click here for more info

Dr. Telmer was a key speaker at the AGC Summit in the Philippines in April check out the storify

New York, N.Y. – (December 11, 2015) – AGC was content creator and co-organizer of the Artisanal Gold Investment Models Workshop held to inform investors and the downstream gold sector on the opportunities to build businesses in the ASGM sector and encourage greater private sector engagement, along with NRDC, US Department of State and RESOLVE – link