Artisanal Gold Council Expands and Strengthens Leadership Team with Change in Roles

VICTORIA, BC – The Artisanal Gold Council (AGC) is excited to announce a change of roles and an expansion of its leadership team. Dr. Kevin Telmer, the current Executive Director and founder of AGC, will be transitioning to the role of Director of Innovation and Business Development. Roger Tissot, the current Deputy Executive Director, will […]
Thoughts on PDAC 2023 and AGC Goes to Ottawa

I entered the Metro Toronto Convention Centre’s front entrance not knowing what to expect. I started my work with the Artisanal Gold Council in mid-January 2023 and was told that we would have a booth (in partnership with the planetGOLD programme) at PDAC 2023, referred to as “the largest mining conference in the world that welcomes […]
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 – […]