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 – […]