How artisanal and traceable gold reaches the market.

Fairmined

Certification standard v2.0 (2014-04-05) in force; a 3.0 revision was documented 2021-2023 and has been dormant since. Premium USD 4,000/kg of gold (+2,000 ecological); certified organisations range from 5 (live profiles directory, 2026-07-02) to 11 (2024 impact report), with ARM’s homepage saying 8; 2024: 74.12 kg sold, 428 licensee companies in 34 countries, about EUR 7.5M cumulative premium; Fairmined Credits offer USD 4.70/g book-and-claim, and the Palme d’Or has been made in Fairmined gold since 2014 (Chopard).

Volumes and premiums per the scheme, unaudited; certified-organisation count contested (5 to 11, dated readings)

Fairtrade Gold

Certification standard of 2013 (amended 2015); a revised standard is published and valid from 2027-07-01 (the current one runs to 2027-06-30). Premium USD 2,000/kg at a 95% LBMA minimum price; 2024: 1,283 kg exported on Fairtrade terms (per Fairtrade), Peru-concentrated (SOTRAMI, MACDESA, LIMATA, CECOMSAP); German consumer sales fell about 35% to around 8 kg in 2024, and there is no public current ASMO count.

Export volume per Fairtrade, unaudited

CRAFT Code

Open-source, OECD-aligned baseline for ASM market entry; v2.1 launched 2024-10-21 (full PDF November 2024) extends the scope to aggregators, traders and processors and adds CRAFT-UA upstream assurance. Used or referenced by planetGOLD, the LBMA ASM work, Swiss Better Gold and Solidaridad.

Earthworm ASM sourcing guidelines

Sourcing guidance launched at the LBMA/LPPM conference (2024-10-13/15) with Argor-Heraeus, Metalor and PX Précinox: due-diligence and traceability guidance plus a risk tool for sourcing from processing plants.

Swiss Better Gold

Sourcing model and association, member-led since 2025-07-01 (the SECO PPP ended; a SECO successor programme runs 2025-2029, CHF 5.87M). Escalator model with 27 sourcing criteria; premium USD 1.35/g (0.70 projects, 0.50 technical assistance, 0.15 costs); 2025: 5,335 kg exported, 27 Step 2/3 mines, 11 in Step 1, 10 suspended; 30 members including Cartier, Chopard, Chanel, Tiffany, UBS, Argor-Heraeus, Metalor and MKS PAMP (Valcambi suspended January 2025, resigned May 2025); first expansion beyond Latin America via a Mongolia MoU with the Bank of Mongolia and Argor-Heraeus (2025-06-23, 5 pilot operations).

Volumes and mine counts per the SBG Impact Report 2025 (2026-04-21), unaudited

Single Mine Origin (SMO)

Traceable LSM gold brand: segregated single-mine gold with a QR chain of custody. Mines include Ity (Côte d’Ivoire), Bellevue (Australia) and Nalunaq (Greenland, sales launched October 2025); an LSE-listed SMO Physical Gold ETC has existed since 2024.

LBMA ASM Initiative + Toolkit v6

Pathway programme launched March 2022; per LBMA, ASM is around 20% of mined gold but under 1% of Good Delivery refiner throughput. Toolkit v6 is progressive-improvement due diligence for refiners (CRAFT-informed, not a certification), with country work in Peru (with SBG), Ghana, the Philippines and Colombia; the "Supporting Pathways for Responsible ASM" report was published 2026-06-17.

WGC London Principles

A central-bank framework: operating principles for domestic ASGM purchase programmes. Signatories as of 2024-06-12: the central banks of Colombia, Ecuador, Mongolia and the Philippines; WGC says more are in progress (November 2025, unnamed).

Strong for the launch; "more in progress" is WGC’s own unnamed claim

PeaceGold (DRC)

Formalisation venture in Ituri, DRC, since 2013, working with around 11 cooperatives (about 25,000 miners and support workers, self-reported). A 2026-06-11 supply deal with UK-based SigraFi provides revolving working capital against deliveries.

Deal well corroborated; scale figures per PeaceGold, unaudited

Responsible Gold Credits

Book-and-claim instrument launched January 2025 in Geita, Tanzania, with 10 mines: a USD 5/g credit on gold meeting CRAFT modules 1-3. Buyers include Fairphone and Bruna; 2.5 kg sold by mid-2025.

Sales figure per the partners, unaudited

Rand Refinery x Gold Coast Refinery (Ghana)

Refining partnership announced 2026-01-21 and operational February 2026: Rand Refinery supervises Gold Coast Refinery to refine up to 1,000 kg/week of ASM doré under a GoldBod agreement.