Fairmined, run by the Alliance for Responsible Mining, certifies artisanal and small-scale mining organizations against its v2.0 standard (2014) and pays a fixed premium. How many organizations hold the certificate depends on which ARM property you read: 5, 8 or 11.
Visit fairmined.orgFairmined is the certification in the ARM family: a standard for artisanal and small-scale mining organizations, version 2.0 in force since 5 April 2014, with a fixed premium paid on certified gold. For 2024 the scheme reports 74.12 kg sold, 428 licensee companies in 34 countries and roughly EUR 7.5M in cumulative premium (per scheme, unaudited).
The label has a public face well beyond the trade: the Palme d’Or has been struck in Fairmined gold since 2014, through Chopard, and Fairmined jewellery carries the Tracemark, an engraved code with a QR panel.
The number this hub treats most carefully is the simplest one: how many organizations are certified. The live profiles directory showed 5 on 2 July 2026; ARM’s homepage counter says 8, undated; the 2024 impact report says 11. Per this hub’s policy, a contested count publishes as an attributed range, never one number.
A contested count, published as an attributed range per this hub’s policy: the floor and the ceiling are both named and dated. Certification lapses plus stale counters on the scheme’s own properties explain the spread.
The fixed Fairmined premium per kilogram of certified gold, with a further USD 2,000 per kg for ecological gold.
Fairmined Credits, the book-and-claim route for buyers without a physical chain of custody.
The year’s certified sales volume, against 428 licensee companies in 34 countries (per scheme, unaudited).
The scheme’s own running total of premium paid to mining organizations (per scheme, unaudited).
The certification operates and sells, but the standard is ageing: v2.0 has been in force since 2014, and the 3.0 revision, documented in 2021-2023, has shown no activity in 2025-26. This hub’s ledger carries Fairmined 3.0 as a watch item, to be resolved through ARM contact.
Overall corroboration is moderate, with the counts contested: the operating facts (standard, premium, sales) are documented, while the certified-organization number is not settled, which is why it is charted as a spread on this hub’s stats page.