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The Artisanal Gold Council (AGC) is a not-for-profit organization based out of Victoria, BC, Canada. We are global experts leading the transformation to an environmentally sound, socially responsible, and formalized…
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COVID-19 and ASGM Communities – An Early Look at the Crisis
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…
Related Literature
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,…
Past Projects
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…
South America
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…
Emergency Action Needed for Vulnerable Artisanal & Small-Scale Mining Communities & Supply Chains
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….
Burkina Faso – Quarantines and Gold Prices Down 20%
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…
Papua New Guinea – Gold Trading in a Time of Lockdown
Summary Papua New Guinea (PNG) is an isolated island nation in the South Pacific, home to some 60,000 artisanal miners who produce nearly 4 tonnes of gold per year. COVID-19…
Gold Prices Summary Table
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…
Artisanal mining and the SDGs
The September fanfare of agreeing to 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is over. It’s 2016, and the clock has started ticking. A starting point to realising the SDGs requires an…