Pasofino Gold Announces Start of Drilling at 'Bukon Jedeh', Dugbe Gold
As announced on February 26, 2024, Bukon Jedeh is a priority target for gold exploration only 10 km southeast of the Company's Dugbe Gold Project (3.3 Moz Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource ...
Governing the artisanal gold mining sector in the …
Governing the artisanal gold mining sector in the Mano River Union: A comparative study of Liberia and Sierra Leone - Kalokoh - 2022 - Journal of International …
Gold and diamond artisanal mining in Liberia: Under the
It examines the artisanal gold mining sector in Liberia and Sierra Leone, two neighboring post‐war countries with extensive informal economies in the gold mining sector. This comparative case ...
Gold and Diamond Artisanal Mining in Liberia: Under the …
This study sets out to identify differences in formalization patterns across the two largest artisanal sectors, namely gold and diamond mining. Drawing on an extensive survey of 231 communities and 174 mines in Gbarpolu County, we spatially match mining sites to their nearest license recorded in the country's cadastre.
Gold and diamond artisanal mining in Liberia: Under …
In Liberia's artisanal gold mines, miners buy gold extracted by diggers for a set field price and resell it (at a marginally higher price) to petty buyers or broker agents. …
Gold and diamond artisanal mining in Liberia: Under the …
Liberia intends to harness the development potential of artisanal mining through formalization. However, there are several obstacles that the country needs to overcome for it to succeed. The existing literature provides evidence on the challenges faced by miners and local authorities, but fails to make a distinction between different types of activities.
The mining sector of Liberia: current practices and environmental
Artisanal gold mining in Liberia is a longstanding engagement from alluvial placers with a production of more than 30 000 oz per annum at its peak in the 1940s. The mining sector, generally ...
Artisanal small-scale gold mining and sustainable development in Liberia
In a context of gold price boom, the rapid development of Artisanal Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASgM) raises several challenges for local communities, as well as local and national governments. At the same time that it could provide economic opportunities for local communities, it could also lead to issues related to health, the environment, and …
Korlah WD Dorko environmental impacts of gold …
In Liberia, gold mining has mainly been done by artisanal and small-scale mining (Wilson et. al, 2017). In recent years, focus has shifted to mechanized mining with the opening of New Liberty at Kinjor –Lajor, Grand Cape Mount County and at MNG gold Kokoya, Bong County. With this
The persistence of informality: Perspectives on the future of artisanal …
Based on extensive field research undertaken in rural Liberia's diamond mining communities in 2010, 2011 and 2012, we will argue that many artisanal miners are, in fact, operating at various stages of legality, through the payment of informal taxes, and based upon informal agreements with local government officials.
Illicit Financial Flows: Artisanal and small-scale gold …
The Ghana Minerals Commission has suggested that 80% of ASGM operators in Ghana engage in illegal activities (Collins and Lawson, 2014). In Liberia, it was speculated that 50% to 60% of gold miners are licensed, but that these percentages are significantly lower in remote areas (LBR-Gov-210515).
Women position in artisanal and small-scale mining in Sub …
Women play a great role in the production value chain of Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (ASM) in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper provides a systematic literature review (SLR) of published peer-reviewed journal articles on women in ASM with main focus on participation in ASM production value chain, socio-economic and health impact of …
GLOBAL TRENDS IN ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE …
20 per cent of the global gold supply, 80 per cent of the global sapphire supply and 20 per cent of . ... Artisanal and small-scale mining is also the source of the largest releases of mercury, estimated at . 1,400 tonnes per year in 2011 according to …
The persistence of informality: Perspectives on the future of artisanal …
Artisanal mining in Liberia remains a largely informal activity, dominated by subsistence miners. ... 750,000 and perhaps up to a maximum of 1.5 million men, women and children are directly and indirectly reliant on artisanal diamond (and gold) mining for at least a portion of their cash income. Indeed, in the diamondiferous parts of rural ...
Artisanal small-scale gold mining and sustainable …
Artisanal small-scale gold mining and sustainable development in Liberia. Project Active from 1 Dec 2020 to 31 May 2021 Firms and Trade. Researchers. Remi …
Governing the artisanal gold mining sector in the Mano …
Artisanal gold mining in Liberia is a longstanding engagement from alluvial placers with a production of more than 30 000 oz per annum at its peak in the 1940s. The mining sector, generally, contributed about 60% of export income and 25% of the gross domestic product between 1960 and 1980 (Wilson et al., 2017).
Governing the artisanal gold mining sector in the Mano …
It examines the artisanal gold mining sector in Liberia and Sierra Leone, two neighboring post-war countries with extensive informal economies in the gold mining sector. This comparative case ...
Africa
Senegal and Guinea Reducing Mercury Use and Release from Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Sub-Saharan Africa (2015-2017) As the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector is a major source of mercury release and environmental pollution in the world, the Minamata Convention requires countries which determine that ASGM …
Policy integration by implementation: Lessons from frontline …
This paper therefore looks at policy implementation for the case of artisanal gold mining in Liberia. This is studied through a lens of frontline staff (street-level bureaucrats) who operate in networks of local government agencies, civil society organizations, and communities. Results of interviews and field observations in Grand …
Hamak Gold reports positive Liberia exploration update
1554 samples collected and consigned to laboratory for multi-element and gold assay. Intensive artisanal gold mining observed in several parts of the sampled priority areas. Field teams now mobilised to the Nimba licence to commence a detailed exploration programme over priority targets.
(PDF) ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF ARTISANAL GOLD MINING …
The main hypothesis is that sites of artisanal gold mining activities are characterized by higher concentrations of toxic metals than the farmland and forest sites. A 25 by 25 meters plot was ...
An overview of artisanal mining in Liberia prospects …
Small scale gold mining/ Artisanal mining is a world wide phenomenon and Liberia has been and still a part. Currently, it is estimated that there are about 30,000 – 45,000 persons who are engaged in small scale/ artisanal mining throughout the country. The current state of small scale/ artisanal mining is not fully understood.
The mining sector of Liberia: current practices and
Gold and diamond mining in Liberia was carried out largely by alluvial mining of small-scale opera-tions, with estimates of over 100,000 artisanal miners in Liberia. But nearly 14 years of war (1989–2003) destroyed much of the country's productive infrastructure and brought mining to a virtual halt. Liberia is estimated to hold reserves
ArtisAnAl Mining in CritiCAl ECosystEMs
10 ARTISANAL MINING IN CRITICAL ECOSySTEMS: A LOOk AT GABON, LIBERIA, ANd MAdAGASCAR can support small-scale operators to improve existing technologies or to introduce new techniques with regards to artisanal mining. In terms of artisanal mining impacts on critical ecosys-tems in Gabon, the main effects relate to biodiversity, forests, …
Liberia
Artisanal mining, predominantly of gold and diamonds, takes place in parts of Liberia. Artisanal mining--traditionally carried out primarily by unlicensed and illegal miners--contributes to the country's economy through royalties and taxes paid by licensed dealers. A minority of artisanal miners hold small-scale mining licenses.
DELVE COUNTRY PROFILE Liberia
depend indirectly on artisanal mining for at least part of their cash income (LEITI 2015, 16). While the Liberian population was totaled around 5 million in 2019, it is important to note that a significant number of diggers are foreign nationals who came specifically to Liberia to work in its diamond and gold mining areas.
Delve | Gold and diamond artisanal mining in Liberia: …
We identify differences in formalization patterns across gold and diamond mining. We conduct an extensive survey of 231 communities in Gbarpolu County (Liberia). We spatially match mining sites to their nearest license in the country's cadastre. Artisanal diamond mines are more likely to fall under an "umbrella of formality".
Liberia: Artisanal Mining
The artisanal mining sector for gold and diamonds in Liberia is estimated to involve as many as 100,000 artisanal miners. ... Artisanal gold mining is one of the most significant sources of ...
(PDF) Governing the artisanal gold mining sector in …
Governing the artisanal gold mining sector in the Mano River Union: A comparative study of Liberia and Sierra Leone. March 2022. Journal of International …
Gold and diamond artisanal mining in Liberia: Under …
Bazillier, Rémi & Gibertini, Beatrice & Jackson, Stephen, 2023. " Gold and diamond artisanal mining in Liberia: Under the umbrella of (in)formality?," Resources Policy, …