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Mining people: Li-FT Power, Voltage Metals, Magna Mining

Board changes this week:   Alaska Energy Metals added Corri Feige to the board.  Indigo Exploration appointed D.T. Brian Doherty to the board.  Lithium Energi Exploration added Rebecca Paisley to its board.  The Artisanal Gold Council announced Roger Tissot as the new executive director, replacing founder Kevin Telmer, now director of innovation and business development.  Western Atlas Resources named Stephen Wilkinson as director. Read more…

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 […]

Artisanal Gold Council signs MOU with the Government of Peru

LIMA, PERU – Dr. Kevin Telmer, Executive Director of the Victoria B.C. Canada-based NGO Artisanal Gold Council (AGC), issues the following statement on the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) of the Government of Peru: “Today is a good day for the people of Peru, for […]

The challenge in regulating artisanal or small-scale mining

IN 2020, it was estimated by planetGold Philippines, a project supported by the Global Environment Facility, and implemented by the Artisanal Gold Council in partnership with the UN Environment Program and UN Industrial Development Organization, that there were about 200,000 to 300,000 individuals in 30 provinces in the country that are involved in artisanal, or […]

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 […]

UVic graduate students work to reduce mercury use in Africa’s artisanal gold mining sector

UVic graduate students, Anthony Persaud (MSc student, Geography), Ricardo Rossin (PhD student, Earth and Ocean Sciences), UVic postdoctoral fellow Dr. Paleah Black Moher and adjunct professor Kevin Telmer are engaged in cutting edge research and problem solving through the Artisanal Gold Council. Working on the ground in Africa, they focus on mercury use reduction and […]

Gold—good for development, toxic for children

For nearly two decades, UVic geochemist Dr. Kevin Telmer (earth and ocean sciences) has been working with small-scale and artisanal gold miners, whose practices can expose people and communities around the world to toxic levels of mercury and lead even while the rare metal itself means better livelihoods, healthier lives, and a chance at a […]