By Patrick Dunne - June 16, 2022
The Artisanal Gold Council represented the Artisanal Gold Mining sector at the massive PDAC 2022 conference in Toronto from June 13-16.
By Odonchimeg Idersaikhan - June 9, 2022
The planetGOLD Mongolia project advocated for a responsible artisanal gold supply chain and investment opportunities during the country’s first-ever Precious Metals and Jewellery Forum and Expo in April 2022. The three-day event, co-organized by the planetGOLD Mongolia project, was the result of collaboration between many organizations in the minerals supply […]
By Janvier Dabiré and Tegan Holmes - July 27, 2021
Now in its third year of implementation, the Global Environment Facility-funded planetGOLD Burkina Faso project has ramped up activities in the component related to access to finance. The planetGOLD Burkina Faso project is led by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, and executed by the Artisanal Gold Council (AGC) in partnership […]
By Artisanal Gold Council - April 14, 2020
Face aux prédictions d’experts selon lesquelles l’épidémie de COVID-19 au Burkina Faso pourrait rivaliser avec celle de l’Italie ou de l’Espagne, les autorités de la nation ouest-africaine ont mis en œuvre de vastes mesures de quarantaine. Les mesures – ainsi que les nombreux blocages internationaux actuellement en place – ont […]
By Namuun Tsegmid and Dulguun Mijiddorj - April 14, 2020
Since Mongolia transitioned away from central planning in 1990, mining has come to play a dominant role in the economy. In 2016, the mineral sector accounted for 20.6% of Mongolia’s GDP, 80% of its exports, 30% of the national budget revenue, and more than 70% of the country’s foreign […]
By Artisanal Gold Council - April 13, 2020
AGC is proud to be a participant in the planetGOLD programme! Here is what planetGOLD is doing already about COVID-19: planetGOLD’s programme manager Ludovic Bernaudat recently issued a statement on COVID-19 and its impacts on both the programme and the world of artisanal and small-scale mining. “During this time of […]
