By Shawn Blore - April 8, 2020
In the race to re-start global artisanal gold supply chains the world took one stop forward April 6 with the re-opening of critical Swiss gold refineries in the country’s gold-refining hub of Tecino[1]. One day later, unfortunately, it took one step back as Dubai announced a sweeping two-week lockdown which […]
By Kenneth Porter - April 6, 2020
Part of the COVID-19 and Artisanal Gold Mining Communities series by the Artisanal Gold Council The liquidity crisis affecting artisanal gold mining communities around the globe has the potential to turn into a humanitarian crisis. As miners’ ability to sell their gold for cash deteriorates, the growing concern is that […]
By Kevin Telmer - March 23, 2020
Mareike Kroll and Kevin Telmer, Artisanal Gold Council (published first on March 23, 2020; last update: April 8) This is an ongoing article on Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) communities and COVID-19 with regular updates that accompany developments of COVID-19 and as new information and thinking about its impacts on […]
By Kevin Telmer - September 23, 2019
When asked what the Artisanal Gold Council’s mission is and about my own vision for the improvement of the artisanal gold mining sector, I explain that it is mainly two simple things. First, it is about the improvement of the artisanal gold mining sector writ large so that it can […]
By Kevin Telmer - September 5, 2019
The Miami Herald in 2018 and now Buzzfeed and the NYT in 2019 have published, once again, the typical easy story on alluvial gold mining in the Amazon: The very simplistic and oft repeated “mining is bad” story. They cast a pall over any and all that are involved in […]
By Kevin Telmer - August 20, 2019
As the price of gold rises, what opportunities are there for countries with artisanal gold mining sectors? Here I am not talking about the miners but rather the countries that are endowed with deposits of artisanal gold. This is an interesting topic in the new context of rising gold prices […]
By Kevin Telmer - August 8, 2019
What happens to the Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining sector (ASGM) when gold moves from 1200$ to 1500$ in less than a year? That is a 20% increase. Its nature (largely unregulated subsistence labour) means it can respond quickly relative to the large scale industrial gold mining sector. Many […]
By Kevin Telmer - April 5, 2019
Launching in Ulaanbaatar on April 8-9, 2019, the $60-million Contribution Toward the Elimination of Mercury in the Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining Sector: From Miners To Refiners project will work to formalize the sector in Mongolia and the Philippines, supporting miners to access markets for responsible gold, as well as […]
By Kevin Telmer - March 31, 2019
The Shadow of Gold documentary is a global investigation of the ultimate talisman of wealth, beauty and power. Filmed in China, Peru, Canada, the U.S., London, Dubai, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, The Shadow of Gold explores the complexities of gold mining and the gold trade. Dr. Kevin Telmer […]
By Kevin Telmer - February 19, 2019
The government of Guinea teamed up with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and AGC to pilot a gravimetric mercury-free system in Tonso. The pilot system is now operated by the Mining Cooperative of Tonso. Ahead of the launch, members of the Mining Cooperative in Tonso were trained in operating, […]
