Artisanal Gold Council Reflections on PDAC 2024
The following are comments provided by Artisanal Gold Council (AGC) attendees to PDAC 2024. Roger Tissot, Executive Director I had the privilege once again of attending PDAC with the AGC team from Canada. Our focus was to reach as many potential donors, companies, suppliers, and other participants in the gold mining industry interested in supporting our mission […]
Mongolia – AGC and planetGOLD Mongolia contribute to World Bank’s Delve 2023 State of the Sector Report
Artisanal Gold Council and AGC-executed planetGOLD Mongolia project were very pleased to participate in the World Bank’s Delve 2023 State of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector report. Our case study, titled ‘Concerns over the Social Protection for Mongolian Artisanal Miners,’ addresses artisanal miners’ access to social services and provides conclusions and recommendations. Social protection […]
(VIDEO) Burkina Faso – Revolving fund supports artisanal miners
Artisanal Gold Council delivers support for flood-ravaged areas to planetGOLD Mongolia small-scale gold mining project (WITH PHOTOS)
VICTORIA, BC – Victoria-based charity/nonprofit Artisanal Gold Council (AGC) has sent USD $2000 ($6,896,372 Mongolian Tugriks) as a donation to officials in Mandal Soum, Selenge Province, Mongolia, one of the organizations’ sites where we are installing Mercury Free Processing Systems (MFPS), after learning of massive flooding in the regions. AGC is providing this funding to […]
A call to action to carry out measures to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on Artisanal Gold Mining communities
We cannot currently foresee all the direct and indirect consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 100 million people in artisanal and small-scale gold mining communities (ASGM) all around the world (80+ countries). However, the impact is going to be profound. AGC is therefore reaching out to all stakeholders involved with, and focused on, improving […]
Possible Impacts of COVID-19 on Artisanal Gold Mining Communities
This is an ongoing article on Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) Communities and how they may be affected by COVID-19. There will be regular UPDATES of this article on the Artisanal Gold Council’s Blog that accompany developments of COVID-19 and as new information and thinking about its impacts on ASGM arise. www.artisanalgold.org Update: March 28; Prevalence section – […]