The CRAFT Code, by the Alliance for Responsible Mining and RESOLVE, is an open-source, OECD-aligned market-entry standard: it defines what an artisanal producer must evidence to start selling into formal supply chains. Version 2.1 (October 2024) extends it to aggregators, traders and processors.
Visit craftmines.orgCRAFT is not a certification and does not declare a mine "responsible". It is a baseline: an OECD-aligned ladder of evidence through which an ASM producer demonstrates it is legitimate to buy from, module by module, so that a buyer can engage and improve rather than walk away.
Because it is open-source, other schemes build on it rather than compete with it: planetGOLD, the LBMA’s ASM work, Swiss Better Gold and Solidaridad all use or reference CRAFT. The Responsible Gold Credits programme in Tanzania pays USD 5 per gram on gold from mines meeting CRAFT modules 1-3.
Version 2.1, launched on 21 October 2024 with the full PDF in November 2024, extends the scope beyond producers to aggregators, traders and processors, and adds CRAFT-UA, an upstream assurance layer.
CRAFT v1 is published: a market-entry baseline for artisanal and small-scale mining, OECD-aligned from the start.
CRAFT v2 consolidates the code.
v2.1 launches on 21 October (full PDF in November): scope extended to aggregators, traders and processors, plus the CRAFT-UA upstream assurance layer.
The Mica CRAFT Code launches in January, extending the model beyond gold.
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