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Board of Directors // Staff & Associates // Peru Branch // Asia Branch // Africa Branch Board of Directors Dr. David F. Strong, PhD, DSc, LLD, FRSC, KSJ, –…
Board of Directors // Staff & Associates // Peru Branch // Asia Branch // Africa Branch Board of Directors Dr. David F. Strong, PhD, DSc, LLD, FRSC, KSJ, –…
By Kevin Telmer and Marieke Kroll, March 23, 2020 1. Context: How will the COVID-19 pandemic affect ASGM communities? Prevalence COVID-19 is present now in all Artisanal and Small-Scale…
ASGM status in West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia Author: Baiq Dewi Krisnayanti ABSTRACT: Artisanal Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) obviously contributes to serious environmental and health issue for miners, nearby populations,…
A submerged house in Cagayan province two days after Typhoon Vamco hit the Philippines (aerial photo from the Philippine Coast Guard) Three weeks. Three typhoons. Extensive flooding. Destructive…
SURINAME Reducing the Use and Release of Mercury by Artisanal Gold Miners in Latin America (2015-2016) In 2015 the AGC embarked on a USDoS funded project to improve our understanding…
PERU Reducing the Supply of Mercury Available for use in the Andean Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining Sector (2017-2018) and Increased Transparency and Control of Mercury in Peru (2018-2021) Funded…
As COVID-19 sweeps the globe, affecting the health and lives of millions, the pandemic is wreaking further economic havoc on the lives of artisanal, small scale miners and their communities….
Faced with expert predictions that the COVID-19 epidemic in Burkina Faso could rival that of Italy or Spain, authorities in the West African nation have implemented sweeping lockdown and quarantine…
Date Country Province, Department, State City, Town Price Pure Gold (US$/g) % of SPOT Discount from pre-Covid Sample Size Reporter 2020-Apr-08 Burkina Faso Boucle de Mouhoun region Dama $29.75…
During a crisis, the people who are hit the hardest are those on the bottom rungs of the ladder, the ones with existing vulnerabilities that are compounded by the…