The standards, rules, programmes, datasets and technologies that govern how gold moves from mine to market live in hundreds of places, in incompatible formats, often undated. The Gold Hub gathers them into one open reference where every record is source-linked, corroboration-rated and stamped with when it was last checked.
New to gold? Start with Gold 101Nothing here asks to be trusted on authority. Each record shows how well its claims are corroborated, when it was last checked, and where it came from, and the link behind it is verified with a real request.
Every record carries the month its link and facts were last checked. The target: no stamp older than 90 days.
Every external URL is verified with a real request. A link the checker has not seen reads unchecked, never a silent ok.
Every expansion or correction gets a dated entry in the public changelog on the Method page, committed at a fortnightly cadence, so the reference can be audited as it evolves.
Every rating and claim type maps to one publication outcome, decided in advance. The full rules live on the Method page.
In the Hub's July 2026 landscape pass, no existing gold reference was found carrying per-record ratings, last-checked stamps, link health and a public changelog. Keeping that layer visible on every record is this Hub's standing commitment.
Read the full methodThe refiner and mine standards compared side by side: LBMA, RMI RMAP, RGMPs and CMSI, IRMA, RJC and more, each dated and status-tagged.
Compare the schemesThe binding rules and the famous ones that do less than assumed: the OECD baseline, EU instruments, US disclosure, sanctions and national laws.
Map the rulesThe certifications, premiums and sourcing models that link artisanal gold to formal buyers: Fairmined, Fairtrade, CRAFT, Swiss Better Gold and more.
Browse the schemesThe donor programmes, trust funds and NGOs working on ASGM formalisation, finance and mercury-free processing, with computed activity status.
See the programmesThe datasets and research lines behind the numbers: WGC Goldhub, LBMA data, Delve, IPIS, Swissaid, EITI, each with edition and cadence.
Find the dataBar integrity, DLT ledgers, optical fingerprinting and geoforensics: what each system proves, and who can actually see its data.
See the techThe refiner registers joined in one place, the exchanges, and the incident reviews currently open.
See the registersSanctions, incident reviews and investigations into illicit gold flows, dated and rated, with responses documented.
Follow the casesEvery published figure shown as a spread of readings tagged by method, never averaged into a single 'true' number.
See the numbersA dated, source-rated feed of the developments reshaping responsible gold.
Read the feedThe key reports, investigations and studies, grouped, summarised and linked to the source document.
Open the libraryThe forums and summits where the rules get made, upcoming and recent.
See the calendarThe US Treasury designated the refinery and its principals on 25 June 2026 for refining and exporting gold from M23-controlled areas of the DRC (at least 60 kg moved in early 2026), following the 2022 Alain Goetz/African Gold Refinery precedent.
At its June 2026 summit, LBMA opened the public consultation on Responsible Gold Guidance v10 (integrating the ASM Toolkit, updating the recycled-gold definition, extending disclosures) and published the report Supporting Pathways for Responsible ASM on 17 June (per LBMA channels).
The Central Bank Gold Reserves Survey 2026, published 16 June, covered a record 76 central banks: 89% expect global gold reserves to rise and a record 45% expect their own holdings to rise.
The DRC formalisation venture, active in Ituri since 2013 with about 11 cooperatives (about 25,000 miners and support workers, self-reported), signed a deal on 11 June with UK-based SigraFi providing revolving working capital against deliveries.
The schemes and institutions that shape responsible gold most, from the LBMA stack to Ghana's GoldBod, each profiled from the same rated evidence base as the rest of the Hub.
The GEF-funded, UNEP-led programme in 27 countries to make artisanal and small-scale gold mining safer, cleaner and more profitable, across formalisation, mercury-free technology, finance and market access. Comprehensive profile: the four knowledge areas, the country portfolio and the 1,170-item knowledge library.
Learn moreThe living standard-setting stack for Good Delivery refiners: Responsible Gold Guidance (v9 since 2021, v10 consultation opened June 2026), the Good Delivery List, Disclosure Guidance v3 and the Gold Bar Integrity programme. Two incident reviews are open.
Learn moreThe Responsible Gold Mining Principles (2019, mandatory for WGC members with annual external assurance) are being superseded by the Consolidated Mining Standard, which had not launched as of 2026-07-02 and whose adequacy is contested, both sides attributed.
Learn moreThe refiner audit programme behind the conformant gold list (94 refiners: 37 RMAP-audited plus 57 cross-recognised, plus 3 pending, as of 2026-07-02) and the first scheme recognised under the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation (October 2025).
Learn moreThe escalator sourcing model linking ASM mines to the Swiss value chain, member-led since 1 July 2025, with a USD 1.35/g premium (0.70 projects, 0.50 technical assistance, 0.15 costs). 2025 figures are per SBG, unaudited.
Learn moreThe ASM certification standard (v2.0 in force since 2014) with a USD 4,000/kg premium (+2,000 ecological). The certified-organization count is contested (5 to 11 depending on source and date) and the 3.0 revision has been dormant since 2023.
Learn moreThe open-source, OECD-aligned market-entry baseline for ASM. v2.1 (October 2024) extends scope to aggregators, traders and processors and adds CRAFT-UA upstream assurance; used or referenced by planetGOLD, LBMA’s ASM work, Swiss Better Gold and Solidaridad.
Learn moreThe state monopsony created by Act 1140 (April 2025): sole buyer, assayer, exporter and regulator of ASM gold. Export figures are per GoldBod, unaudited; independent critics contest the model. Blockchain track-and-trace is targeted for end-2026.
Learn moreThe industry’s bar-integrity infrastructure: database live on aXedras DLT since January 2025, voluntary monthly country-of-origin reporting from April 2026, mandatory in 2027. The database is industry-confidential, not a public registry.
Learn moreThe Hub is an open reference, maintained in the open. Point it to a missing source, a correction, or a development it should carry.