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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moreThe Responsible Gold Mining Principles (2019, mandatory for WGC members with annual external assurance) are being superseded by the Consolidated Mining Standard, which had not launched as of 2026-07-02 and whose adequacy is contested, both sides attributed.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 moreTrust fund, data platform and partnership: EGPS phase 2 (2019-2025) mobilised USD 116M across 254 grants in 50 countries (the fund’s own figures), with a "renewed framework" for ASM engagement in February 2025. Delve publishes the State of the ASM Sector reports (latest 2023) with its platform mid-rebuild; MSPI phase 1 (2023-2025) pilots model small-scale gold mines in West Africa and the Sahel, and Côte d’Ivoire formalisation support was announced 2025-07-11.
Visit siteThe AfDB’s (gold-inclusive) ASM formalisation agenda: a pilot, "Enhancing the efficiency and sustainability of ASM through climate-smart actions", supports the policy environment and the capacity of regulators and miners, and a joint AfDB and Government of Liberia study sets out steps to draw artisanal and small-scale miners into the formal sector via de-risking and financial inclusion. Academic reviews cite the AfDB alongside the World Bank and UNECA as a sign of expanded donor interest in ASM.
Visit siteGovernment programme of CHF 5.87M (SECO CHF 4M): a challenge fund (Baastel), policy and governance work (with ETH Zurich), and knowledge (with SBGA). The successor to the Swiss Better Gold Initiative public-private partnership.
Visit siteSocial enterprise running equipment lease-to-purchase for ASM gold in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda (the Lake Victoria programme); co-runs the Responsible Gold Credits instrument with Solidaridad.
Visit siteNGO programme in Peru, Colombia, Ghana and East Africa under RECLAIM Sustainability!; delivered the first blockchain-traced Ghana gold export with Minexx (11.62 g, October 2022) and runs the credits programme with The Impact Facility.
Visit siteThe Just Gold pilot (DRC, 2012-2020) built the first traceable conflict-free artisanal gold chain from eastern DRC; IMPACT’s 2021 lessons report concluded there was "no viable future" without major market shifts. Current work: due-diligence digitalisation in Côte d’Ivoire, and executing planetGOLD Zimbabwe.
Visit siteNGO and technical implementer building mercury-free processing plants, with work in about 30 countries claimed; 2024 self-reported figures: 15 facilities and 200,000+ miners (unaudited). Implements planetGOLD Philippines.
Visit siteNonprofit promoting the Goldrop gravity system and the PACTO mercury-free processing model, with a GIA-funded study; active in 2025.
Visit siteUNEP-hosted network with ASGM as a priority area, providing National Action Plan resources.
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