Artisanal Gold Council Reflections on PDAC 2024
The following are comments provided by Artisanal Gold Council (AGC) attendees to PDAC 2024. Roger Tissot, Executive Director I had the privilege once again of attending PDAC with the AGC team from Canada. Our focus was to reach as many potential donors, companies, suppliers, and other participants in the gold mining industry interested in supporting our mission […]
Mongolia – AGC and planetGOLD Mongolia contribute to World Bank’s Delve 2023 State of the Sector Report
Artisanal Gold Council and AGC-executed planetGOLD Mongolia project were very pleased to participate in the World Bank’s Delve 2023 State of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector report. Our case study, titled ‘Concerns over the Social Protection for Mongolian Artisanal Miners,’ addresses artisanal miners’ access to social services and provides conclusions and recommendations. Social protection […]
Burkina Faso – Revolving fund to support the mining crafts sector
The Secretary-General (SG) of the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Quarries (MEMC), Jean-Baptiste KABORE, launched the activities of the Revolving Fund to Support the Mining Crafts Sector (FRASE), on Thursday January 25, 2024 in Ouagadougou. The ceremony was marked by the signing of a protocol between PlanetGOLD Burkina and Coris Bank International SA, and the […]