Month: August 2021

The Journey from Artisanal Miner to Formalized Gold Trader: Meet Oumarou Diallo

By Eve Sanou and Tegan Holmes - August 30, 2021

Burkina Faso is known for its rich gold deposits, which has made it the fourth largest industrial gold producer in Africa. However, outside of large-scale mining operations, a thriving, mostly informal, artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector exists. The gold trade itself provides huge benefits to the rural poor but […]

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Scaling Up Gold Trade in Burkina Faso with Eve Sanou

By Eve Sanou and Tegan Holmes - August 2, 2021

For most of the men and women engaged along the informal gold supply chain in Burkina Faso, there are only limited opportunities both to become formalized and to achieve more than a subsistence level of livelihood. The European Partnership for Responsible Minerals-funded, Artisanal Gold Council (AGC)-RESOLVE–Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) implemented […]

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