Philippines

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

By Lyka Cabatay, National Communications Assistant, planetGOLD Philippines - December 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 reflects its history in mining. Paracale was derived from para cale, meaning “canal digger”. Local art showing the importance of gold mining to the community in […]

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Promoting Health and Safety in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining: Experience from the Asia-Pacific Region

By Asia-Pacific AGC Communications Team with support from Tegan Holmes and Mareike Kroll. - April 28, 2021

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is an important source of livelihood for millions of people in the developing world. In Indonesia, some estimates consider around 300,000-1,000,000 artisanal miners to be working at around 1,000 locations across 27 provinces, churning out gold valued at US$5 billion annually, or up to […]

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Recognizing Women’s Contributions and Challenges in Philippine Small-Scale Mining

By Jacklyn Belo-Enricoso - National Gender Specialist, planetGOLD Philippines - March 17, 2021

  Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) provides livelihoods for rural communities and facilitates local development, and importantly ASGM can offer opportunities for women. However, in order to generate and capture these opportunities, it must be recognized that women often face limited income opportunities and have limited access to government […]

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The Resiliency of the Philippine Small-Scale Mining Communities: Bayanihan Amidst Super Typhoons and a Pandemic

By Michelle Manza, National Project Manager Assistant, planetGOLD Philippines - December 29, 2020

    Three weeks. Three typhoons. Extensive flooding. Destructive landslides. Thousands of people huddled in evacuation centers amidst the pandemic with 434,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases (as of writing). Such is the case of the Philippines since the last week of October when Typhoon Molave (local name Quinta), Super Typhoon Goni […]

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Philippines: the Artisanal Mining Sector During the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Shyne Catedral, Michelle Manza, and Abigail Ocate - April 13, 2020

  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 new disaster. Millions of artisanal and small-scale gold miners around the world are entirely dependent on the gold they sell […]

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