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id="toc-Organized_crime_and_militancy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Organized_crime_and_militancy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Organized crime and militancy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Organized_crime_and_militancy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gender_discrimination" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gender_discrimination"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>Gender discrimination</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gender_discrimination-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-HIV/AIDS_and_prostitution" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#HIV/AIDS_and_prostitution"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.7</span> <span>HIV/AIDS and prostitution</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-HIV/AIDS_and_prostitution-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Data-sharing" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Data-sharing"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.8</span> <span>Data-sharing</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Data-sharing-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Inclusive_finance_and_free_trade" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Inclusive_finance_and_free_trade"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.9</span> <span>Inclusive finance and free trade</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Inclusive_finance_and_free_trade-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Violence" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Violence"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.10</span> <span>Violence</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Violence-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Organizations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Organizations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Organizations</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Organizations-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Organizations subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Organizations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pact_Mines_to_Markets_(M2M)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pact_Mines_to_Markets_(M2M)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Pact Mines to Markets (M2M)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pact_Mines_to_Markets_(M2M)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Artisanal_Gold_Council" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Artisanal_Gold_Council"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>The Artisanal Gold Council</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Artisanal_Gold_Council-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Alliance_for_Responsible_Mining" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Alliance_for_Responsible_Mining"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>The Alliance for Responsible Mining</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Alliance_for_Responsible_Mining-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Collaborative_group_on_Artisanal_and_Small-Scale_Mining_(CASM)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Collaborative_group_on_Artisanal_and_Small-Scale_Mining_(CASM)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Collaborative group on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (CASM)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Collaborative_group_on_Artisanal_and_Small-Scale_Mining_(CASM)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-International_Program_on_the_Elimination_of_Child_Labour" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International_Program_on_the_Elimination_of_Child_Labour"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>International Program on the Elimination of Child Labour</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-International_Program_on_the_Elimination_of_Child_Labour-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-ICMM_"Working_Together"" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#ICMM_"Working_Together""> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.6</span> <span>ICMM "Working Together"</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-ICMM_"Working_Together"-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-International_Conference_on_Artisanal_and_Small-Scale_Mining_and_Quarrying" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International_Conference_on_Artisanal_and_Small-Scale_Mining_and_Quarrying"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.7</span> <span>International Conference on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining and Quarrying</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-International_Conference_on_Artisanal_and_Small-Scale_Mining_and_Quarrying-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Country-specific" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Country-specific"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Country-specific</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Country-specific-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Country-specific subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Country-specific-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Angola" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Angola"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Angola</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Angola-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Burkina_Faso" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Burkina_Faso"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Burkina Faso</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Burkina_Faso-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cape_Verde" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cape_Verde"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Cape Verde</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cape_Verde-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Central_African_Republic" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Central_African_Republic"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Central African Republic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Central_African_Republic-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chad" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chad"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>Chad</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chad-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Côte_d'Ivoire" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Côte_d'Ivoire"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.6</span> <span>Côte d'Ivoire</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Côte_d'Ivoire-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.7</span> <span>Democratic Republic of the Congo</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Egypt" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Egypt"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.8</span> <span>Egypt</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Egypt-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eritrea" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eritrea"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.9</span> <span>Eritrea</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eritrea-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eswatini" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eswatini"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.10</span> <span>Eswatini</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eswatini-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ethiopia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ethiopia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.11</span> <span>Ethiopia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ethiopia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ghana" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ghana"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.12</span> <span>Ghana</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ghana-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Guinea" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Guinea"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.13</span> <span>Guinea</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Guinea-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kenya" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kenya"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.14</span> <span>Kenya</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kenya-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lesotho" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lesotho"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.15</span> <span>Lesotho</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lesotho-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Liberia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Liberia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.16</span> <span>Liberia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Liberia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Madagascar" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Madagascar"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.17</span> <span>Madagascar</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Madagascar-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Malawi" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Malawi"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.18</span> <span>Malawi</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Malawi-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mali" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mali"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.19</span> <span>Mali</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mali-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mozambique" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mozambique"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.20</span> <span>Mozambique</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mozambique-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Niger" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Niger"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.21</span> <span>Niger</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Niger-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Nigeria" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nigeria"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.22</span> <span>Nigeria</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nigeria-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Peru" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Peru"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.23</span> <span>Peru</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Peru-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Philippines" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Philippines"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.24</span> <span>Philippines</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Philippines-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sierra_Leone" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sierra_Leone"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.25</span> <span>Sierra Leone</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sierra_Leone-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-South_Africa" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#South_Africa"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.26</span> <span>South Africa</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-South_Africa-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-History_of_large-scale_mining_in_South_Africa" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History_of_large-scale_mining_in_South_Africa"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.26.1</span> <span>History of large-scale mining in South Africa</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-History_of_large-scale_mining_in_South_Africa-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Growth_of_South_African_ASM" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Growth_of_South_African_ASM"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.26.2</span> <span>Growth of South African ASM</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Growth_of_South_African_ASM-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Violence_and_organized_crime" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Violence_and_organized_crime"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.26.3</span> <span>Violence and organized crime</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Violence_and_organized_crime-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-South_Sudan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#South_Sudan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.27</span> <span>South Sudan</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-South_Sudan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sudan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sudan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.28</span> <span>Sudan</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sudan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tanzania" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tanzania"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.29</span> <span>Tanzania</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tanzania-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Uganda" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Uganda"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.30</span> <span>Uganda</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Uganda-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Zambia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Zambia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.31</span> <span>Zambia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Zambia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Zimbabwe" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Zimbabwe"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.32</span> <span>Zimbabwe</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Zimbabwe-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div 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id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Independent, small-scale, subsistence mining</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Artisanal_gold_Dodoma001.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Artisanal_gold_Dodoma001.jpg/170px-Artisanal_gold_Dodoma001.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="287" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Artisanal_gold_Dodoma001.jpg/255px-Artisanal_gold_Dodoma001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Artisanal_gold_Dodoma001.jpg/340px-Artisanal_gold_Dodoma001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1295" data-file-height="2184" /></a><figcaption>Artisanal gold mines near Dodoma, Tanzania. Makeshift sails lead fresh air underground.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Artisanal and small-scale mining</b> (ASM) is a blanket term for a type of subsistence <a href="/wiki/Mining" title="Mining">mining</a> involving a <a href="/wiki/Miner" title="Miner">miner</a> who may or may not be officially employed by a <a href="/wiki/List_of_mining_companies" title="List of mining companies">mining company</a> but works independently, mining minerals using their own resources, usually by hand.<sup id="cite_ref-:03_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:03-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While there is no completely coherent definition for ASM, artisanal mining generally includes miners who are not officially employed by a mining company and use their own resources to mine. As such, they are part of an <a href="/wiki/Informal_economy" title="Informal economy">informal economy</a>. ASM also includes, in small-scale mining, enterprises or individuals that employ workers for mining, but who generally still use similar manually-intensive methods as artisanal miners (such as working with hand tools). In addition, ASM can be characterized as distinct from large-scale mining (LSM) by less efficient extraction of pure <a href="/wiki/Mineral" title="Mineral">minerals</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Ore" title="Ore">ore</a>, lower wages, decreased occupational safety, benefits, and health standards for miners, and a lack of <a href="/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_mining" title="Environmental impact of mining">environmental protection</a> measures.<sup id="cite_ref-:42_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:42-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Artisanal miners often undertake the activity of mining seasonally. For example, <a href="/wiki/Crop" title="Crop">crops</a> are planted in the <a href="/wiki/Rainy_season" class="mw-redirect" title="Rainy season">rainy season</a>, and mining is pursued in the <a href="/wiki/Dry_season" title="Dry season">dry season</a>. However, they also frequently travel to mining areas and work year-round. There are four broad types of ASM:<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>Permanent artisanal mining</li> <li>Seasonal (annually migrating during idle agriculture periods)</li> <li>Rush-type (massive migration, pulled often by commodity price jumps)</li> <li>Shock-push (poverty-driven, following conflict or natural disasters).</li></ol> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Artisanal_mine_interior_near_Lows_Creek_Mpumalanga_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Artisanal_mine_interior_near_Lows_Creek_Mpumalanga_01.jpg/220px-Artisanal_mine_interior_near_Lows_Creek_Mpumalanga_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Artisanal_mine_interior_near_Lows_Creek_Mpumalanga_01.jpg/330px-Artisanal_mine_interior_near_Lows_Creek_Mpumalanga_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Artisanal_mine_interior_near_Lows_Creek_Mpumalanga_01.jpg/440px-Artisanal_mine_interior_near_Lows_Creek_Mpumalanga_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Interior of an artisanal mine near Low's Creek, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. The human figures, exploring this mine, show the scale of tunnels driven entirely with hand tools (two-kilogram (4.4 lb) hammer and hand-forged scrap-steel chisel).</figcaption></figure> <p>ASM is an important socio-economic sector for the rural poor in many developing nations, many of whom have few other options for supporting their families. Over 90% of the world's mining workforce are engaged in ASM, with an estimated 40.5 million people directly engaged in ASM, from over 80 countries in the <a href="/wiki/Global_south" class="mw-redirect" title="Global south">global south</a>. More than 150 million people indirectly depend on ASM for their livelihood. 70–80% of small-scale miners are informal, and approximately 30% are women, although this ranges in certain countries and commodities from 5% to 80%.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economic_output">Economic output</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Economic output"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Artisanal mining can include activities as simple as <a href="/wiki/Gold_panning" title="Gold panning">panning</a> for <a href="/wiki/Gold" title="Gold">gold</a> in rivers, to as complex as development of underground workings and small-scale processing plants. Miners use a variety of methods to locate minerals, including historical knowledge, the observation of other minerals or rocks, or technology such as mineral detectors and audio-based <a href="/wiki/Reflection_seismology" title="Reflection seismology">reflection seismology surveys</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, ASM targets a variety of minerals in addition to <a href="/wiki/Metal" title="Metal">metals</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Bauxite" title="Bauxite">bauxite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coltan" title="Coltan">coltan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cobalt" title="Cobalt">cobalt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coal" title="Coal">coal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sand_mining" title="Sand mining">sand</a>, gravel, and <a href="/wiki/Dimension_stone" title="Dimension stone">dimension stones</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_market">International market</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: International market"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The rise in the price of certain minerals, such as <a href="/wiki/Precious_stones" class="mw-redirect" title="Precious stones">precious stones</a> or <a href="/wiki/Precious_metal" title="Precious metal">precious metals</a>, has driven rural residents in the global south to increasingly turn to artisanal mining as supplementary income, as higher mineral prices yield better returns for those engaged in ASM.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is reflected in the growth of the ASM industry. For instance, the 400% rise in the price of gold from 2002 (US $274/oz) to 2012 (US $1,230/oz) appears to be reflected as an increase in the number of miners engaged in ASM. Similarly, an increase in demand for <a href="/wiki/Lithium-ion_battery" title="Lithium-ion battery">lithium-ion battery</a>-powered products has led to increased demand for cobalt, leading to a corresponding boom in ASM for minerals containing cobalt. </p><p>Globally, artisanal mining contributes 17% to 20%, or between 380 and 450, metric tonnes of annual <a href="/wiki/Gold_production" class="mw-redirect" title="Gold production">gold production</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This gold input is equally a significant contribution to both the international gold industry and the economy for a given community. </p><p>The ASM sector produces 80% of the global <a href="/wiki/Sapphire" title="Sapphire">sapphire</a> supply, 20% of global <a href="/wiki/Diamond" title="Diamond">diamond</a> supply, 26% of the global <a href="/wiki/Tantalum" title="Tantalum">tantalum</a> supply, and 25% of global <a href="/wiki/Tin" title="Tin">tin</a> production.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Domestic_market">Domestic market</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Domestic market"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>ASM also supplies development minerals (minerals used for construction, such as bauxite, sand, gravel, coltan, coal, and dimension stones) for domestic markets. Instead of being exported abroad, these minerals are used for construction, energy production, and other purposes in the home country of the ASM operation.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>ASM serves as additional supplemental income for rural communities in many parts of the global south, with miners either establishing mutually beneficial relationships with farmers, or being farmers themselves. This is particularly the case for individuals in rural communities who lack urban economic opportunities. As part of seasonal ASM, for instance, farmers may use income they gained from ASM in the dry season to finance the purchasing of agricultural equipment or seed in the rainy season, or might also sell surplus crops to those already engaged in ASM.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economic_opportunities">Economic opportunities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Economic opportunities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>ASM, if properly regulated, has the capacity to lift people out of poverty, improve health and environmental conditions, and create better economic conditions for entire regions through job creation and supplementary income.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>ASM is particularly relevant for people in rural communities. Many poor populations in rural areas of the global south lack the employment opportunities that urban areas include, which ASM can supplement.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, <a href="/wiki/Neoliberalism" title="Neoliberalism">neoliberal</a> <a href="/wiki/Structural_adjustment" title="Structural adjustment">structural adjustment</a> programs have disproportionately targeted urban centers as opposed to rural areas.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For instance, in <a href="/wiki/Sub-Saharan_Africa" title="Sub-Saharan Africa">Sub-Saharan Africa</a>, each of the 8 million people seasonally or permanently employed in ASM is estimated to use income gained from ASM to support an average of 5–6 other people (an estimated 45 million in total).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ASM also includes ancillary industries such as shipping and processing ore not directly related to the act of mining that can provide additional jobs.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although there are large industrial mines worldwide, artisanal mines employ many more people. In 2017, while 7 million people worldwide were employed in large-scale mining, around 40 million people were employed in ASM, typically workers who are not eligible for employment in industrial mining due to a lack of formal education and experience.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bringing ASM into the formal economy through legalization could theoretically benefit governments in that they reduce illicit financial transactions, can collect taxes on ASM income, and often see a subsequent reduction in crime in these regions.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, ASM is by nature dispersed and tends to be located in more remote areas that make it difficult to completely formalize. Formalization is made more difficult by the control that armed groups, from militants to <a href="/wiki/Organized_crime" title="Organized crime">criminal organizations</a>, have over many ASM operations.<sup id="cite_ref-rm2_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rm2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Issues_around_ASM">Issues around ASM</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Issues around ASM"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formalization_and_unionization">Formalization and unionization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Formalization and unionization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The majority of miners engaged in ASM miners worldwide do not have legal title, and oftentimes the regulatory frameworks for national mining policy work to exclude or restrict ASM practices. Currently, the informal nature of ASM in many places prevents the state from taxing income gained from ASM, as well as from setting <a href="/wiki/Tariff" title="Tariff">tariff</a> rates on exported minerals.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition, even if ASM is legal, it is often still very difficult for ASM workers to obtain licenses. The license process might be very long, limited to citizens of the state in which it is located, or very costly. As a result, even when licenses are technically available, many ASM operators will choose to remain informal.<sup id="cite_ref-:132_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:132-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The informal nature of ASM contributes to ASM's vulnerability to being controlled by armed actors such as organized crime, its environmental pollution, and poor safety standards for miners. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health_and_safety">Health and safety</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Health and safety"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>ASM present a wide range of physical hazards to workers including the use of <a href="/wiki/Dangerous_goods" title="Dangerous goods">hazardous materials</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Mercury_(element)" title="Mercury (element)">mercury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lead" title="Lead">lead</a>, uranium, and <a href="/wiki/Cyanide" title="Cyanide">cyanide</a>, poorly constructed pits/shafts/tunnels prone to collapses/landslides/flooding/lack of ventilation, poor waste management leading to water contamination and diseases, lack of <a href="/wiki/Personal_protective_equipment" title="Personal protective equipment">PPE</a> (personal protective equipment) or training in proper use leading to <a href="/wiki/Silicosis" title="Silicosis">silicosis</a> and other health risks, impacts related to dust/noise/exhaustive labour, lack of potable water/latrines/sanitation facilities leading to gastrointestinal and other diseases, and physical risks from inappropriate use and maintenance of mechanical equipment.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, <a href="/wiki/Child_labour" title="Child labour">child labour</a> and a large number of fatal <a href="/wiki/Mining_accident" title="Mining accident">accidents</a> have been reported in artisanal mines (especially coal mines, gold mines, and stone mines).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Improving monitoring and reporting on occupational health and safety is an important first step, as well as training on standards and skills. A recent project of the tin working group of IDH addressed these challenges in the Indonesian tin ASM sector. Key results included sector dialogue and alignment, improved regulatory framework, awareness-raising to improve supply chain practices and training guidelines for more responsible ASM techniques.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Child_labour">Child labour</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Child labour"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Child labour is pervasive across many ASM contexts, and integrated approaches are needed to target its root causes. Due to its hazardous nature to children's safety, health (physical and mental) and moral development, mining is considered one of the "worst forms" of child labour as defined by the <a href="/wiki/International_Labour_Organization" title="International Labour Organization">ILO</a>. There are at least one million child miners across the world, although the number is probably much higher due to the difficulty of collecting data.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition, ASM, by employing children, can prevent children from receiving education. This is especially in cases of migratory ASM or where agricultural land is converted to ASM land use, such as in the northern districts of Burkina Faso.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Pact's Children out of Mining (<a href="/wiki/Swahili_language" title="Swahili language">Swahili</a>: <i lang="sw">Watoto Inje ya Mungoti</i>) project in the <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Mining industry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of Congo</a> has helped to achieve a more than 90% reduction in child labor at targeted mines, using novel approaches including various community governance committees, awareness-raising and positive parenting skills training, peer exchanges, traditional song and dance, sport, children's interactive forums and traditional signage and radio media strategies.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Terre_des_hommes" title="Terre des hommes">Terre des Hommes</a> works on addressing child labour in the <a href="/wiki/Mica" title="Mica">mica</a> <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Madagascar" title="Mining industry of Madagascar">mines in Madagascar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environmental_pollution">Environmental pollution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Environmental pollution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Artisanal mining has been accused of being a major contributor to <a href="/wiki/Environmental_degradation" title="Environmental degradation">environmental degradation</a> and pollution, especially given the lack of government oversight ASM entails.<sup id="cite_ref-:22_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:22-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Due to the inherent digging of soil and sluicing involved in artisanal mining, water <a href="/wiki/Siltation" title="Siltation">siltation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Erosion" title="Erosion">erosion</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Soil_degradation" class="mw-redirect" title="Soil degradation">soil degradation</a> can be an issue in rivers used for mining.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rivers are also commonly diverted as a way to access mineral rich riverbeds, or are clogged by mine tailing heaps.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:9_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The digging of mines can also dig up and spread harmful heavy metals, such as lead, that are located within the soil, which then affect wildlife and people.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mining can also result in Acid Mine Drainage (AMD): if abandoned mines are left alone, water reservoirs can oxidize pyrite in the soil, leading to acidification, which can then leach into the environment, as was observed in abandoned mines in the <a href="/wiki/Gauteng" title="Gauteng">Gauteng</a> province of <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_South_Africa" title="Mining industry of South Africa">South Africa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Sustainable_forest_management" class="mw-redirect" title="Sustainable forest management">conservation of forests</a> is also a great concern, as many artisanal mining operations take place in and around forests that are home to vast amounts of biodiversity. One assessment indicates that almost three-quarters of active mining and exploratory sites overlap with areas of high conservation value and high watershed stress.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has also been reported that some mining operations also work within protected areas.<sup id="cite_ref-Ingram,_V._20112_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ingram,_V._20112-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Artisanal mining operations often cut down trees to clear space for their camps, and it is common for miners to hunt, fish, and collect other forest resources for food and medicine, or as a way to supplement their income.<sup id="cite_ref-Ingram,_V._20112_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ingram,_V._20112-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mercury contamination because of ASM has significant impacts on both human and wildlife health for ASM, particularly in gold mining, through either inhaling mercury gas, or eating flora and fauna contaminated with mercury.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When mining for gold, mercury is commonly used to create a mixture of gold and mercury called <a href="/wiki/Amalgam_(chemistry)" title="Amalgam (chemistry)">amalgam</a> that allows for easier gold separation. Once mercury and gold are combined to create amalgam, the amalgam is typically burned with a blowtorch or over an open flame to separate the mercury from the gold. Since gold mines are almost always set up near rivers, often excess chemicals are distributed directly into waterways. Once it becomes imbedded in soil or water, mercury becomes <a href="/wiki/Methylmercury" title="Methylmercury">methylmercury</a> that can easily accumulate in aquatic ecosystems through <a href="/wiki/Bioaccumulation" title="Bioaccumulation">bioaccumulation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Biomagnification" title="Biomagnification">biomagnification</a>, harming both the ecosystem and humans who fish from it.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the observed effects on animals exposed to high levels of methylmercury include mortality, reduced fertility, slower growth rates, and abnormal behavior that affects survival.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chronic inhalation of mercury vapor from ASM also has negative health effects.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Organized_crime_and_militancy">Organized crime and militancy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Organized crime and militancy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Due to the migratory practices of many ASM workers, and the remoteness and lack of significant government oversight in ASM-dominated regions, ASM migrant workers are at particular risk of being controlled by organized crime groups that extort access to mines, especially when ASM is illegal in the given country.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, in Gauteng and <a href="/wiki/Mpumalanga" title="Mpumalanga">Mpumalanga</a> Provinces, South Africa, migrant miners are coerced into giving local gangs, some highly militarized, a cut of their output in exchange for mineshaft access.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition, ASM has sometimes been used as a source of financing for money laundering operations, or militant or terrorist groups, given that ASM operations often take place in remote areas with low government presence, such as in the case of <a href="/wiki/Blood_diamond" title="Blood diamond">blood diamonds</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gender_discrimination">Gender discrimination</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Gender discrimination"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Globally, an average of 30% of ASM workers are women. While this is a much higher percentage than the large-scale mining (LSM) sector, where less than 10% of mining employees are female, women engaged in ASM generally have reduced access to mining resources, including land, finance, and tools.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many female ASM workers continue to work at mining sites even while pregnant and nursing young children.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition, there is commonly a gendered division of labor between men and women engaged in ASM. Especially in settings involving mineshafts, men tend to handle the actual ore extraction while women tend to handle ore processing. This leads to women often being more exposed to more of the chemical hazards in the ASM process, including cyanide-based ore-processing and dust exposure from cleaning of <a href="/wiki/Tailings" title="Tailings">tailings</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, the processing of ore can receive decreased wages compared with ore extraction, often leading to a gender pay gap between men and women engaged in ASM.<sup id="cite_ref-:22_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:22-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="HIV/AIDS_and_prostitution"><span id="HIV.2FAIDS_and_prostitution"></span>HIV/AIDS and prostitution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: HIV/AIDS and prostitution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Due to the transient and unregulated nature of ASM, ASM camps often have high rates of prostitution, as many women especially who migrate to ASM locations have no other choice to make a living. As a result, the prevalence of <a href="/wiki/HIV/AIDS" title="HIV/AIDS">HIV/AIDS</a> is particularly high in ASM-based areas, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Data-sharing">Data-sharing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Data-sharing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Data on ASM is inadequate, which limits an understanding of the sector and appropriate policy measures. Collaborative and transparent knowledge-sharing, data collection, and analysis is required. Governments, research and training institutions, the private sector, consultants, and civil society should contribute to open databases, integrate ASM into national census and surveys, and provide for improved policy and transparency.<sup id="cite_ref-:122_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:122-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The DELVE database project is establishing a global platform for ASM data.<sup id="cite_ref-:22_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:22-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> DELVE's vision is "a world in which artisanal and small-scale mining is recognized as an important contributor to global development". The platform collects, analyzes and shares data using open-source principles, which informs policy-making and interventions, and ultimately improves miners' lives. An annual ASM State of the Sector review summarizes what is known about the sector, including its scale, impact, and cost.<sup id="cite_ref-:22_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:22-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inclusive_finance_and_free_trade">Inclusive finance and free trade</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Inclusive finance and free trade"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Partially due to ASM's status as part of the informal economy, ASM ventures often lack access to affordable and tailored financial products, which leads to stagnation, eventual abandonment of ASM business ventures, and contributes to the ASM poverty cycle. </p><p>Since ASM has also begun to be recognized as a crucial part of the global supply chain for critical minerals, some state actors have attempted to regulate the entry of ASM-sourced minerals into their markets.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Part of the <a href="/wiki/Dodd%E2%80%93Frank_Wall_Street_Reform_and_Consumer_Protection_Act" title="Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act">Dodd-Frank Act</a>, passed by the United States Congress in 2010, required companies to disclose if their products used materials sourced from ASM operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or the <a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_region_(Africa)" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Lakes region (Africa)">Great Lakes region</a> of central Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Kimberley_Process_Certification_Scheme" title="Kimberley Process Certification Scheme">Kimberley Process</a> is a similar international attempt to prevent diamonds mined illegally in conflict zones in participating countries from entering the global market. Improving access to markets and financial products tailored to ASM including credit guarantees and private and public loan facilities, is critical to improving the sector's impact, resilience and sustainability. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Violence">Violence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Violence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>ASM can sometimes cause conflict between migrant workers and locals. For instance, artisanal mining has attracted a large number of Chinese <a href="/wiki/Migrant_worker" title="Migrant worker">migrant workers</a> to Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, widespread conflict and violence between illegal Chinese artisanal mine workers and <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Ghana" title="Mining industry of Ghana">Ghanaian</a> natives were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ghanaian officials claimed tens of thousands of <a href="/wiki/Chinese_people_in_Ghana" title="Chinese people in Ghana">Chinese immigrants</a> were working in illegal artisanal gold mines, damaging land, polluting drinking water, and destroying agricultural lands. This triggered violence and armed attacks between Chinese groups and local Ghanaian villagers, causing widespread unrest and deaths. By July 2013, Ghana had deported over 4,000 Chinese citizens working illegally in artisanal mines.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organizations">Organizations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Organizations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pact_Mines_to_Markets_(M2M)"><span id="Pact_Mines_to_Markets_.28M2M.29"></span>Pact Mines to Markets (M2M)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Pact Mines to Markets (M2M)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pact is a nonprofit international development organization founded in 1971, working on the ground in nearly 40 countries to improve the lives of those who are challenged by poverty and marginalization. Pact's "Mines to Markets" program (M2M) uses an integrated, holistic approach to help resource-dependent communities improve their lives. Specializing in areas including health and safety in mining, human rights, traceability and transparency, economic empowerment among miners, mercury abatement, child labor reduction, mineral certification and ethical sourcing, it helps communities gain lasting benefit from natural resources by using them more sustainably. It also improves governance in the countries where it works, strengthening local, regional and national institutions. </p><p>M2M programs currently operate in 12 countries, 10 of which are in Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Artisanal_Gold_Council">The Artisanal Gold Council</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: The Artisanal Gold Council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_Gold_Council&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Artisanal Gold Council (page does not exist)">Artisanal Gold Council</a> (AGC), based in Victoria, British Columbia, is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the opportunities, environment and health of the millions of people involved in the artisanal gold mining sector in over 80 countries worldwide. It is focused on professionalizing the sector so that ASM operations can adopt socially responsible and environmentally sound methods of mining and gold processing. There is a focus on professionalization because it drives many improvements including allowing more wealth to be generated, and more of the wealth to be captured at the local level and re-invested in the development of its people and their needs. </p><p>The AGC accomplishes their goals of professionalization through four main approaches: teaching and delivering improved practices to miners in the field; working with governments to creating enabling policy frameworks that support the development of artisanal miners; creating sustainable markets and <a href="/wiki/Sustainable_finance" title="Sustainable finance">sustainable finance</a> mechanisms for artisanal miners and their products; and creating and sharing knowledge about the sector (R&D and outreach). </p><p>At field sites, by focusing on methodologies that forego the use of mercury and other toxic chemicals, the ACG helps miners and their communities to work and live in a safer and healthier environment, and responsibly produce gold. Under those conditions, the sector can play a vital role in relieving poverty, generating inclusive and sustainable economic growth, and creating full and productive employment and decent work. The AGC has experience in more than 25 countries and, as of 2018, had active projects in 12 countries: <a href="/wiki/Mining_in_Peru" class="mw-redirect" title="Mining in Peru">Peru</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mining_in_Mongolia" title="Mining in Mongolia">Mongolia</a>, Myanmar, <a href="/wiki/Mining_in_Indonesia" class="mw-redirect" title="Mining in Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, Laos, <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Burkina_Faso" title="Mining industry of Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Mali" title="Mining industry of Mali">Mali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Senegal" title="Mining industry of Senegal">Senegal</a>, Gabon, <a href="/wiki/Mining_in_Ecuador" title="Mining in Ecuador">Ecuador</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mining_in_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Mining in Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mining_in_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Mining in the Philippines">the Philippines</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mineral_industry_of_Mozambique" title="Mineral industry of Mozambique">Mozambique</a>. An important focus of the AGC is to help countries fulfill their obligations under the Minamata Convention on Mercury (to eliminate the use of mercury by the artisanal mining sector) by working with governments to develop National Action Plans (NAPs) and to pilot concrete field models that can be replicated to greater and greater numbers of artisanal mining communities.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Alliance_for_Responsible_Mining">The Alliance for Responsible Mining</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: The Alliance for Responsible Mining"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Alliance_for_Responsible_Mining&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alliance for Responsible Mining (page does not exist)">Alliance for Responsible Mining</a> (ARM) is an independent, mission-driven initiative that supports artisanal and small-scale (ASM) miners globally. Established in 2004, the organization's mission is to enhance social and economic wellbeing, strengthen environmental protection and establish fair governance in ASM communities by formalizing the ASM sector. To achieve its mission, ARM has created an exceptional set of social and environmental standards known as the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairmined_certification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fairmined certification (page does not exist)">Fairmined certification</a>. ARM offers extensive and continuous support and training to ASM communities to help them reach the standards, achieve the Fairmined certification and invest in community development. Furthermore, ARM serves as an intermediary for ASM communities, which gives them the opportunity to respond to international markets demanding ethical metals and jewelry. Since 2004, ARM has facilitated the positive transformation of multiple ASM communities in Latin America and is currently<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (April 2024)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> expanding its efforts to Africa and Asia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Collaborative_group_on_Artisanal_and_Small-Scale_Mining_(CASM)"><span id="Collaborative_group_on_Artisanal_and_Small-Scale_Mining_.28CASM.29"></span>Collaborative group on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (CASM)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Collaborative group on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (CASM)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>CASM is a global networking and coordination facility with a stated mission "to reduce poverty by improving the environmental, social and economic performance of artisanal and small-scale mining in developing countries". CASM is currently<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (April 2024)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> chaired by the UK's <a href="/wiki/Department_for_International_Development" title="Department for International Development">Department for International Development</a> and is housed at the <a href="/wiki/World_Bank" title="World Bank">World Bank</a> headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> </p><p>Resourced by a multi-donor trust fund, CASM receives its core funding from the UK and the World Bank, supplemented by program support from Japan, amongst others, Canada, France and the US. Several companies, trade associations and charitable funds, such as Tiffany & Co Foundation, also contribute finances to CASM's work program. CASM funding has leveraged significant additional funding for work in the ASM sector.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008, CASM produced a report on Mineral Certification.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This report discussed the opportunity of using certification of origin and certification of ethical quality to stimulate sustainable development in artisanal mining communities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_Program_on_the_Elimination_of_Child_Labour">International Program on the Elimination of Child Labour</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: International Program on the Elimination of Child Labour"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/International_Programme_on_the_Elimination_of_Child_Labour" title="International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour">International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour</a>, a program of the <a href="/wiki/International_Labour_Organization" title="International Labour Organization">International Labour Organization</a> (ILO), includes a sector of activity in "Mining and Quarrying". It notes that child labour "can still be seen in small-scale mines of Asia, Africa, Latin America, and even parts of Europe".<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The program approach focuses particularly on the development of a solid knowledge base and assessment, and working with partners for delivery of programs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="ICMM_"Working_Together""><span id="ICMM_.22Working_Together.22"></span>ICMM "Working Together"</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: ICMM "Working Together""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A significant issue in artisanal and small-scale arises when larger mining companies gain rights to develop deposits that are worked by artisanal mining. The <a href="/wiki/International_Council_on_Mining_and_Metals" title="International Council on Mining and Metals">International Council on Mining and Metals</a> (ICMM) has produced a guidance note for companies engaging with the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector. As is noted in the introduction to this document "The fact that much of ASM activity occurs outside regulatory frameworks – whether illegal or not – can also present significant challenges for companies and regulators. There can be significant tension between ASM miners and their own governments – with companies caught in the middle."<sup id="cite_ref-ICMM_Working_Together_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ICMM_Working_Together-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The guidance document, which is put forward as a pilot<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was produced in partnership with Communities and Small-Scale Mining, the International Finance Corporation's Oil, Gas, and Mining Sustainable Community Development Fund and ICMM. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_Conference_on_Artisanal_and_Small-Scale_Mining_and_Quarrying">International Conference on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining and Quarrying</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: International Conference on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining and Quarrying"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In September 2018, over 500 delegates from more than 70 countries gathered in <a href="/wiki/Livingstone,_Zambia" title="Livingstone, Zambia">Livingstone, Zambia</a> for the <a href="/w/index.php?title=International_Conference_on_Artisanal_and_Small-Scale_Mining_and_Quarrying&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="International Conference on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining and Quarrying (page does not exist)">International Conference on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining and Quarrying</a>. The potential of the sector was discussed in 36 workshops, highlighting ASM's ability to reduce poverty, interlock with agricultural livelihoods, and stimulate jobs, markets and wealth creation in rural communities, as well as national economic growth through taxation and exports of raw and value-added minerals.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A key output was the signing of the Mosi-oa-Tunya Declaration on ASM and Quarrying, which reaffirms the central role of ASM for "enhanced livelihoods, employment creation, poverty reduction and sustainable development". As one delegate said of the conference: "Making these visions a reality will take time, and much change still needs to happen at all levels of governance in the process of formalization. But with the voices of artisanal and small-scale miners finally engaged in international policy dialogues, and especially those of women, there is hope that in five years' time, a formalized, government-supported and socially, economically and environmentally productive ASM sector will have started to emerge."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Country-specific">Country-specific</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Country-specific"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Angola">Angola</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Angola"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Angola" title="Mining industry of Angola">Mining industry of Angola</a></div> <p>The primary minerals mined through ASM in Angola are diamonds, in addition to other minerals.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Diamond ASM occurs mostly in the northeast part of Angola, in <a href="/wiki/Lunda_Norte_Province" title="Lunda Norte Province">Lunda Norte</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lunda_Sul_Province" title="Lunda Sul Province">Lunda Sul</a> provinces. In Angola, ASM is legal and permits have been granted to operate ASM in areas not dominated by hydrocarbon extraction.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Burkina_Faso">Burkina Faso</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Burkina Faso"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Burkina_Faso" title="Mining industry of Burkina Faso">Mining industry of Burkina Faso</a></div> <p>Gold is the primary ASM mineral mined in Burkina Faso.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gold ASM mostly occurs in the northern provinces of the country. It is an important supplier of both local and government revenue. However, it has also had significant environmental effects on agricultural areas converted to farmland, and has taken some children away from schooling.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cape_Verde">Cape Verde</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Cape Verde"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The primary minerals mined by ASM in Cape Verde are development minerals used for local construction. Given the <a href="/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">archipelagic</a> nature of the country, some types of ASM are considered to be potentially dangerous for the ecosystem, such as sand mining. Such sand mining is currently illegal in Cape Verde.<sup id="cite_ref-:112_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:112-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Central_African_Republic">Central African Republic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Central African Republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_the_Central_African_Republic" title="Mining industry of the Central African Republic">Mining industry of the Central African Republic</a></div> <p>The primary minerals mined in the Central African Republic (CAR) are gold and diamonds.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ASM mostly occurs in the far west and the east of the country, such as in <a href="/wiki/Haute-Kotto" title="Haute-Kotto">Haute-Kotto</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mamb%C3%A9r%C3%A9-Kad%C3%A9%C3%AF" title="Mambéré-Kadéï">Mambéré-Kadéï</a> prefectures. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chad">Chad</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Chad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Chad" title="Mining industry of Chad">Mining industry of Chad</a></div> <p>The primary ASM minerals mined in Chad are gold and <a href="/wiki/Natron" title="Natron">natron</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2012–2013, there has been a gold rush in the northern regions of Chad, mostly in the <a href="/wiki/Tibesti_Region" title="Tibesti Region">Tibesti</a> region. Miners have consisted of both international and Chadian migrants. ASM is currently legal in Chad.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Côte_d'Ivoire"><span id="C.C3.B4te_d.27Ivoire"></span>Côte d'Ivoire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Côte d'Ivoire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Ivory_Coast" title="Mining industry of Ivory Coast">Mining industry of Ivory Coast</a></div> <p>The primary ASM minerals mined in Côte d'Ivoire are gold, <a href="/wiki/Nickel" title="Nickel">nickel</a>, coltan, and diamonds, with gold being the fastest-growing exported mineral.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state is in the process of supporting ASM formalization, and has taken steps to reduce mercury contamination among miners.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Democratic Republic of the Congo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Copper_mining_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Copper mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Copper mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></div> <p>The primary ASM minerals mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are <a href="/wiki/Copper" title="Copper">copper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cobalt" title="Cobalt">cobalt</a>, diamonds, gold, and coltan.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Currently,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (April 2024)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> ASM is illegal in the DRC. Much of the mining occurs within the historical <a href="/wiki/Katanga_Province" title="Katanga Province">Katanga</a> region of south-east DRC. Cobalt ASM in the Katanga region is particularly prominent, as 50% of the world's cobalt production is sourced from this region.<sup id="cite_ref-:62_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:62-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 30% of the cobalt from the DRC is estimated to be from ASM mines.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An estimated 150,000 to 200,000 artisanal miners currently work in cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Due to the risks of mining cobalt, many of these miners suffer serious injury or death with an estimated 2,000 miners dying each year in the DRC alone.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lack of regulations makes for hazardous conditions, where many of these miners die from frequent cave-ins or avalanches.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The cobalt ASM economy, driven by the surge in demand for the metal due to increased manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries, has resulted in both alleged human rights abuses and environmental health impacts for people living in the region. Regarding environmental health, a study in the city of Kolwezi indicated above-recommended-level amounts of <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metals" title="Heavy metals">heavy metals</a> such as cobalt, <a href="/wiki/Manganese" title="Manganese">manganese</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Uranium" title="Uranium">uranium</a> in the surrounding environment, both in the soil and human tissue of residents.<sup id="cite_ref-:62_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:62-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Regarding human rights abuses, the south-eastern DRC has been a site of conflict since the <a href="/wiki/Katanga_insurgency" title="Katanga insurgency">Katanga Insurgency</a> began in 1963, and the mineral wealth of the region provides ample funds for armed actors (both state- and non-state) to finance their operations, particularly enabled by ASM's informal nature.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Violence, especially sexual violence, has been a widespread tactic used by groups in order to maintain control of ASM operations.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Efforts to address artisanal mining have involved collaboration between the United States and Congolese governments. The US has trained representatives from both the private and public sectors to identify and combat child labour. They have established the Child Labor Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS). As of March 2024, 5,346 children have been registered to the CLMRS. Which is overseen by the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ministry of Mines.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Egypt">Egypt</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Egypt"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Egypt" title="Mining industry of Egypt">Mining industry of Egypt</a></div> <p>The primary ASM mineral mined in Egypt is gold, mostly in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Desert" title="Eastern Desert">Eastern Desert</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though environmental degradation is a low risk in arid regions, where most of Egypt's ASM occurs, mercury contamination is still a risk for the health of ASM workers.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Currently,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (April 2024)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> there are no large-scale plans by the Egyptian state to formalize and integrate ASM. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eritrea">Eritrea</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Eritrea"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The primary ASM mineral mined in Eritrea is <a href="/wiki/Orogenic_gold_deposit" title="Orogenic gold deposit">orogenic gold</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Volcanogenic_massive_sulfide_ore_deposit" title="Volcanogenic massive sulfide ore deposit">volcanogenic massive sulfide ore deposits</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Currently, ASM is illegal in Eritrea, but it directly supports around 400,000 Eritreans.<sup id="cite_ref-:73_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:73-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eswatini">Eswatini</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Eswatini"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Eswatini" title="Mining industry of Eswatini">Mining industry of Eswatini</a></div> <p>The primary ASM minerals mined in Eswatini are development minerals, such as gravel, sand, and dimension stones. Currently, ASM is legal for citizens of Eswatini, and permits can be obtained.<sup id="cite_ref-:112_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:112-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, many Swazi emigrate to South Africa's Gauteng and Mpumalanga Provinces to participate in ASM.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Ethiopia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mining_in_Ethiopia" title="Mining in Ethiopia">Mining in Ethiopia</a></div> <p>The primary ASM mineral mined in Ethiopia is gold, mostly in the <a href="/wiki/Tigray_Region" title="Tigray Region">Tigray</a> region.<sup id="cite_ref-hm_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hm-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gold ASM has resulted in some deforestation in the region as farmland and forest have been converted to mining land use.<sup id="cite_ref-hm_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hm-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ASM sector currently<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (April 2024)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> is unformalized and faces significant barriers to receiving government support. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ghana">Ghana</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Ghana"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Ghana" title="Mining industry of Ghana">Mining industry of Ghana</a></div> <p>The main forms of ASM in Ghana are gold, diamonds, and <a href="/wiki/Sand_mining" title="Sand mining">sand mining</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ASM represents a significant contribution to the country's GDP, with over 1 million Ghanaians participating directly. Ghana is also the largest gold producer in Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The government of Ghana has begun processes to completely formalize ASM and fully integrate it with the large-scale mining sector, particularly with the focus of giving strength to the voices of miners.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Ghana, the regulation of artisanal gold mining is set forth in the Small-Scale Gold Mining Law, 1989 (PNDCL 218). The Precious Minerals Marketing Corporation Law, 1989 (PNDCL 219), set up the Precious Minerals Marketing Corporation (PMMC) to promote the development of small-scale gold and diamond mining in Ghana and to purchase the output of such mining, either directly or through licensed buyers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Guinea">Guinea</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Guinea"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Guinea" title="Mining industry of Guinea">Mining industry of Guinea</a></div> <p>The main ASM minerals mined in Guinea are gold and diamonds.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Small-scale mining is currently legal in Guinea, though artisanal mining is unlicensed. Mercury contamination occurring in ASM-based areas is a particular environmental concern. The ASM industry supports around 300,000 Guineans directly.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kenya">Kenya</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Kenya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main ASM minerals mined in Kenya are gold, gemstones, and development minerals.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over 250,000 Kenyans are directly employed in the ASM sector. Currently,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (April 2024)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> the Mining Act of 2016 allows for licenses to mine in Kenya, but artisanal miners work independently as a result, and therefore ASM is <i>de facto</i> illegal in Kenya. In addition, Kenya's proximity to Ethiopia and Tanzania makes it a prime target for mineral smuggling.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lesotho">Lesotho</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Lesotho"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Lesotho" title="Mining industry of Lesotho">Mining industry of Lesotho</a></div> <p>The primary ASM minerals mined in Lesotho are diamonds. Though miners from Lesotho have historically ended up migrating to South Africa to work in that country's artisanal mines, many also return with expertise gained to mines in Lesotho.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:132_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:132-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this, ASM is illegal in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-:132_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:132-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Liberia">Liberia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Liberia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Liberia" title="Mining industry of Liberia">Mining industry of Liberia</a></div> <p>The main ASM minerals mined in Liberia are gold and diamonds.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Specifically, gold ASM is more likely to be informal than diamond ASM, due to diamond mines' proximity to populated areas. During the <a href="/wiki/Second_Liberian_Civil_War" title="Second Liberian Civil War">Second Liberian Civil War</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(Liberian_politician)" title="Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)">Charles Taylor</a> extorted diamonds from ASM operations to fund his military operations against his rivals. In response, the United Nations placed sanctions on Liberian diamond exports. After Taylor was deposed in 2003, in return for the lifting of sanctions, the Liberian government started the process of formalizing the ASM diamond sector.<sup id="cite_ref-rm2_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rm2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Currently,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (April 2024)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> the ASM sector directly employs around 100,000 Liberians. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Madagascar">Madagascar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Madagascar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Madagascar" title="Mining industry of Madagascar">Mining industry of Madagascar</a></div> <p>The main ASM minerals mined in Madagascar are gold and colored gemstones such as mica and <a href="/wiki/Sapphire" title="Sapphire">sapphires</a>. ASM is legal, however, miners have little incentive to acquire licenses and formalize.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Currently, the ASM sector directly employs around 500,000 Malagasy.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Malawi">Malawi</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Malawi"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Malawi" title="Mining industry of Malawi">Mining industry of Malawi</a></div> <p>The main ASM minerals mined in Malawi are colored gemstones, coal, clay, and some small gold deposits. As per the Mines and Minerals Act of 1981, which was amended in 2023, ASM is legal in Malawi, and ASM operations must seek permits from the state in order to extract minerals, which also mandates that ASM operations follow environmental and occupational health standards in exchange for royalties and cost-sharing.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:8_37-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> State organizations, such as the Geological Survey Department of Malawi, also work with miner organizations such as the Malawi Artisanal and Small-scale Mining Association to support ASM operations. At the same time, ASM operations have led to significant alluvial erosion and destruction of habitats for species.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_37-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Currently,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (April 2024)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> the ASM sector directly employs around 40,000 Malawians. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mali">Mali</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Mali"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Mali" title="Mining industry of Mali">Mining industry of Mali</a></div> <p>The main ASM mineral mined in Mali is gold, with Mali being the 3rd largest gold-producer in Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mali is also unique in that unlike many of its neighbors, ASM is currently legal in Mali, which has acted as a centripetal force drawing migrants to the region.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Currently,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (April 2024)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> the ASM sector directly employs around 400,000 Malians. </p><p>ASM, especially for gold, has a long historical legacy in Mali, and is not merely the product of recent economic trends. Some communities in southern Mali have developed organized community-based methods of gold distribution to accommodate this revenue, though this does not ensure a monopoly over gold production for local Malians, and less regulated ASM is still practiced.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mozambique">Mozambique</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Mozambique"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mineral_industry_of_Mozambique" title="Mineral industry of Mozambique">Mineral industry of Mozambique</a></div> <p>The main ASM minerals mined in Mozambique are colored gemstones and gold.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ASM is technically legal in Mozambique, but licensed ASM is limited to specific areas by the state, so many informal ASM operations still exist, particularly in <a href="/wiki/Cabo_Delgado_Province" title="Cabo Delgado Province">Cabo Delgado</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manica_Province" title="Manica Province">Manica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nampula_Province" title="Nampula Province">Nampula</a>, <a href="/wiki/Niassa_Province" title="Niassa Province">Niassa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tete_Province" title="Tete Province">Tete</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Zambezia_Province" title="Zambezia Province">Zambézia</a> provinces. ASM in Mozambique has led to significant heavy metal pollution and river erosion. Currently, the ASM sector directly employs around 100,000 Mozambicans.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:112_53-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:112-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Niger">Niger</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Niger"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main ASM mineral mined in Niger is gold, with smaller amounts of tin and gemstones, scattered throughout the country.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Currently, ASM is legal in Niger but is often unregulated.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Currently, the ASM sector directly employs around 450,000 Nigeriens.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nigeria">Nigeria</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Nigeria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nigeria's mineral extraction regime is dominated by hydrocarbons, however, some ASM does occur in the country, mainly gold with some activity in coltan, lead, zinc, and (historically) tin.<sup id="cite_ref-:112_53-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:112-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In fact, most of the raw metal output in Nigeria is due to ASM. Currently, the ASM sector employs around 2 million Nigerians, though it is unformalized.<sup id="cite_ref-:112_53-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:112-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Peru">Peru</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Peru"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Peru's government passed legislation in 2002 which aimed to formalize and promote artisanal gold mining activity, seen as a "great source of employment and collateral benefits". Despite this legislative commitment, the complexities involved in formalization efforts have seen subsequent governments shy away from such initiatives. Authorities charged with implementing the legislation and regulating the activity, lack the finance and personnel necessary to carry out such tasks effectively.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/La_Rinconada,_Peru" title="La Rinconada, Peru">La Rinconada, Peru</a>, the site of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_highest_towns_by_country" title="List of highest towns by country">highest elevation human habitation</a> in the world, in the Andes on the border with Bolivia, is one site of extensive artisanal mining.<sup id="cite_ref-NewYorker420153_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NewYorker420153-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Philippines">Philippines</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Philippines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/International_Labour_Organization" title="International Labour Organization">International Labour Organization</a> small-scale or artisanal gold mining accounts for as much as 80 per cent of gold production in the Philippines. As of 2017, artisanal mines are estimated to employ around 350,000 workers, of which 18,000 are women and children.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Compressor mining, a hazardous mining method where ore is extracted by divers in flooded, narrow shafts while breathing through an air tube connected to makeshift compressor, was banned in the Philippines in 2012. Enforcement is however lax and this mining extraction method remains prevalent in the province of <a href="/wiki/Camarines_Norte" title="Camarines Norte">Camarines Norte</a> notably around the towns of Santa Milagrosa and <a href="/wiki/Paracale" title="Paracale">Paracale</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sierra_Leone">Sierra Leone</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Sierra Leone"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Sierra_Leone" class="mw-redirect" title="Mining industry of Sierra Leone">Mining industry of Sierra Leone</a></div> <p>The main ASM minerals mined in Sierra Leone are diamonds, gold, and coltan.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of these, diamonds are especially prominent, with Sierra Leone's ASM operations contributing most of the country's diamond exports, with overall ASM supporting 150,000 Sierra Leoneans. Mercury contamination due to the use of amalgam is a primary environmental and health concern.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Currently, ASM is legal in Sierra Leone.<sup id="cite_ref-:112_53-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:112-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Africa">South Africa</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: South Africa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="History_of_large-scale_mining_in_South_Africa">History of large-scale mining in South Africa</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: History of large-scale mining in South Africa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> Historically, both small- and large-scale mining have been one of the most important parts of South Africa's economy, particularly gold, diamond, and uranium. As large-scale mining first began in the 1880s, South African mining companies took advantage of low wages to black migrant workers, especially from Lesotho, to cheaply extract and process ore to increase company profit.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_27-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the <a href="/wiki/National_Party_(South_Africa)" title="National Party (South Africa)">National Party</a> rose to power, the mining industry was linked with the <a href="/wiki/Apartheid" title="Apartheid">apartheid</a> regime's racial segregation. For instance, in Johannesburg metropolitan area, which is proximate to the gold-rich <a href="/wiki/Witwatersrand" title="Witwatersrand">Witwatersrand</a> reef, white South African areas were placed upwind of airborne uranium dust pollution from tailings piles, while black South Africans in <a href="/wiki/Soweto" title="Soweto">Soweto</a> township were placed in areas downwind of large-scale uranium and gold mines.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_27-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Artisanal_mine_interior_near_Lows_Creek_Mpumalanga_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Artisanal_mine_interior_near_Lows_Creek_Mpumalanga_02.jpg/220px-Artisanal_mine_interior_near_Lows_Creek_Mpumalanga_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Artisanal_mine_interior_near_Lows_Creek_Mpumalanga_02.jpg/330px-Artisanal_mine_interior_near_Lows_Creek_Mpumalanga_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Artisanal_mine_interior_near_Lows_Creek_Mpumalanga_02.jpg/440px-Artisanal_mine_interior_near_Lows_Creek_Mpumalanga_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Gold-beading quartz vein in interior of an artisanal mine near Low's Creek, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, showing chisel marks from hand-driven chisels in working the mine.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roodepoort_Artisanal_Mine_Adit_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Roodepoort_Artisanal_Mine_Adit_3.jpg/170px-Roodepoort_Artisanal_Mine_Adit_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Roodepoort_Artisanal_Mine_Adit_3.jpg/255px-Roodepoort_Artisanal_Mine_Adit_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Roodepoort_Artisanal_Mine_Adit_3.jpg/340px-Roodepoort_Artisanal_Mine_Adit_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>This is an adit (horizontal or sloping mine entrance) in the Johannesburg municipality, near the suburb of Roodepoort. It is part of a chain of similar adits along a surface outcrop of the Roodepoort gold reef of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roodepoort_Artisanal_Mine_Adit_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Roodepoort_Artisanal_Mine_Adit_2.jpg/170px-Roodepoort_Artisanal_Mine_Adit_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Roodepoort_Artisanal_Mine_Adit_2.jpg/255px-Roodepoort_Artisanal_Mine_Adit_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Roodepoort_Artisanal_Mine_Adit_2.jpg/340px-Roodepoort_Artisanal_Mine_Adit_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>This is an adit (horizontal or sloping mine entrance) in the Johannesburg municipality, near the suburb of Roodepoort. It is part of a chain of similar adits along a surface outcrop of the Roodepoort gold reef of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Growth_of_South_African_ASM">Growth of South African ASM</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: Growth of South African ASM"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As the price of gold grew on international markets from the 1970s to the 1990s, formal large-scale mining in South Africa shed jobs, while labour unrest and strikes led to increasing layoffs of mine workers on the large mines, leading to the closure or consolidation of South Africa's large-scale mining firms. South African mines were largely abandoned by mining companies, who initially refused to invest the capital in mine closures or tailings cleanup.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_27-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, gold deposits in particular began to be exploited by artisanal miners known as <span title="Zulu-language text"><i lang="zu">zamazama</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/IsiZulu" class="mw-redirect" title="IsiZulu">isiZulu</a>, lit. 'try-try', meaning 'try and try again' or 'don't give up' due to the low success rate of these miners). </p><p>The <span title="Zulu-language text"><i lang="zu">zamazama</i></span> may live underground for many weeks, while collecting sufficient quantities of high-grade ore for further processing. Most <i>zamazama</i> are properly artisanal, opening adits and driving shafts and tunnels using hand tools such as hammers, chisels and spades. They train each other and typically have little or no formal mining experience. Conditions are dangerous, with <i>zamazama</i> facing risk of mineshaft collapse, dehydration, <a href="/wiki/Phthisis_pulmonalis" class="mw-redirect" title="Phthisis pulmonalis">phthisis</a>, and risks associated with uranium and <a href="/wiki/Radon" title="Radon">radon</a> dust inhalation.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_27-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Once extracted, the gold ore is processed informally using simple technologies. Ore is first crushed by hand on open rock surface and hammerstones. This work is often done by women and children. The pulverised ore is concentrated using visual sorting, sieving, <a href="/wiki/Gold_panning" title="Gold panning">gold panning</a>, and by washing on riffle tables made of plastic sheets on heaps of sand. Final <a href="/wiki/Gold_extraction" title="Gold extraction">gold extraction</a> is accomplished using mercury amalgamation. Mercury is typically burned off using an <a href="/wiki/Oxy-gas_torch" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxy-gas torch">oxy-gas torch</a>. The gold is sold to local agents, or may be exported directly to major markets for raw gold including India, China, Israel and Lebanon. Gold is also taken across borders into Zimbabwe and Botswana where legislation makes it easier to sell the gold to small refineries and small mining operations, where it may be incorporated into their own output for reporting purposes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Violence_and_organized_crime">Violence and organized crime</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: Violence and organized crime"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act of 2002, only large, fully registered, capital intensive industry may prospect for, mine and process minerals. Due to the illegal nature of ASM, violence is of particular concern to South African ASM operations. This is often caused by conflict between miners and police or private security personnel, and between different groups of miners competing for resources.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_27-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Furthermore, organized crime is a major player in the South African ASM sector. Many <i>zamazama,</i> due to being migrant laborers, are vulnerable to extortion by heavily armed organized crime groups, such as the Marashea gang.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gangs control access to mineshafts, food supplies, and gold wholesalers, and miners must give up most of the profits from their sales to the gangs. Many of the gangs are so powerful that even the mining companies that formally own the mines cannot evict them.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_37-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Sudan">South Sudan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: South Sudan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_South_Sudan" title="Mining industry of South Sudan">Mining industry of South Sudan</a></div> <p>The main ASM mineral mined in South Sudan is gold. Currently, ASM comprises the entirety of South Sudan's mining sector, and though it is technically possible to obtain a license, it is not common for ASM actors to do so, with much of South Sudan's output smuggled to other countries. Significant environmental impacts include deforestation and erosion.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_37-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Currently,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (April 2024)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> ASM directly employs 200,000 South Sudanese.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sudan">Sudan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: Sudan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Sudan" title="Mining industry of Sudan">Mining industry of Sudan</a></div> <p>The primary ASM mineral mined in Sudan is gold, with most miners being migrants. Almost all of Sudan's gold is smuggled out of the country by foreign actors, with special focus on the <a href="/wiki/Wagner_Group" title="Wagner Group">Wagner Group</a>, a Russian <a href="/wiki/Private_military_company" title="Private military company">private military contractor</a>, has been accused of smuggling Sudanese gold out of the country to fund its own operations. Since the beginning of the 2023 <a href="/wiki/War_in_Sudan_(2023%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Sudan (2023–present)">civil war in Sudan</a>, many ASM operations are controlled by the <a href="/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces" title="Rapid Support Forces">Rapid Support Forces</a> (RSF), with miners being forced to extract gold to fund the group's operations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tanzania">Tanzania</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: Tanzania"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Tanzania" title="Mining industry of Tanzania">Mining industry of Tanzania</a></div> <p>ASM in Tanzania targets a wide variety of minerals, including gemstones, gold, lithium, <a href="/wiki/Iron" title="Iron">iron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Silver" title="Silver">silver</a>, copper, tin, coal, and various development minerals. After the rollout of the Tanzania Mineral Policy of 2009, ASM was legalized and the state began making efforts to issue licenses and formalize the sector.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_37-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Currently,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (April 2024)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> ASM directly employs 1.5 million Tanzanians.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Uganda">Uganda</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=57" title="Edit section: Uganda"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Uganda" title="Mining industry of Uganda">Mining industry of Uganda</a></div> <p>The main ASM mineral mined in Uganda is gold, with some coltan and development mineral activity.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ASM provides a disproportionate share of Uganda's economy, with only a little over 200,000 Ugandans directly employed in ASM contributing 3.5% of the country's GDP in 2022. ASM is legal in Uganda and is in the process of receiving government support and formalization.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_37-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Zambia">Zambia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=58" title="Edit section: Zambia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mining_in_Zambia" title="Mining in Zambia">Mining in Zambia</a></div> <p>The main ASM minerals mined in Zambia are gemstones and, more recently, gold. After a gold rush beginning in the 2010s, gold ASM has increased drastically in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Zambia" title="Eastern Province, Zambia">Eastern Province</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lusaka_Province" title="Lusaka Province">Lusaka Province</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Southern_Province,_Zambia" title="Southern Province, Zambia">Southern Province</a>. Much of this gold was smuggled out of the country. Since 2017, the Zambian government has begun formalization efforts, with some success in attracting foreign investment. However, most Zambian ASM operations are still informal.<sup id="cite_ref-:142_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:142-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artisanal_mining&action=edit&section=59" title="Edit section: Zimbabwe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Zimbabwe" title="Mining industry of Zimbabwe">Mining industry of Zimbabwe</a></div> <p>The main ASM minerals mined in Zimbabwe are diamonds, gold, and colored gemstones. Currently, ASM is <i>de facto</i> illegal in Zimbabwe, given the high cost of obtaining a license, but the sector nevertheless employs around 500,000 Zimbabweans. Illegal miners in Zimbabwe are known as <i>makorokoza.</i><sup id="cite_ref-:142_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:142-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The region now encompassing Zimbabwe has a long historical legacy of ASM before European colonization, since the migration of <a href="/wiki/Bantu_languages" title="Bantu languages">Bantu</a>-speaking peoples to the region. 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