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The World’s Gold Trading Hubs and their Importance to Artisanal Gold Mining

By Shawn Blore - April 16, 2020

Africa sells to Dubai and Dubai sells onward to Switzerland. The Swiss sell to London (but also to Dubai and India) and London sells back to Switzerland and also onward to Hong Kong. International gold trade has many routes and inter-connections but as is evident from the COVID-19 crisis, it […]

ARTISANAL GOLD MINING COMMUNITIES ARE ON THE VERGE OF A CRISIS – THE VIEW FROM CHOCO, COLOMBIA

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 […]

The planetGOLD Mongolia project commenced its trainings program on better mining practices for artisanal miners, at the project’s targeted sites

Jan 5, 2022

The extractive sector is an important driver of economic development in Mongolia, having contributed to almost 24% of the GDP in 2019. Artisanal and…

Visualizing a future with formalized artisanal and small scale mining; The Historic Gold Town of Paracale

Dec 20, 2021

Paracale, a municipality in the province of Camarines Norte, Philippines, is a place where gold is in such abundance that the town’s name itself…

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