Apr 24, 2019· Anglo American's De Beers is stepping up efforts to remove conflict diamonds from the market by expanding a pilot program in Sierra Leone, which is set to help trace the route of precious stones dug up by small miners in the country.

Jan 05, 2020· The Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources has granted small scale mining License to the Wilkinson Hill Mining Company, a subsidiary of AMR Gold Sierra Leone.

May 18, 2018· Smallscale mining is reserved exclusively for Ghanaians, but they have had to cease all operations. The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM), has revealed that the mining industry has lost about US551 million during the .

Diamonds, governance and 'local' development in postconflict Sierra Leone: Lessons for artisanal and smallscale mining in subSaharan Africa? Article in Resources Policy 34(1):7179 · March ...

In 1989 when the Government of Sierra Leone regularized smallscale gold mining operations in the country, it was estimated that about 60,000 to 80,000 ounces of gold hitherto produced by Small Scale miners were smuggled out of the country annually.

Sierra Leone; São Tomé and Príncipe ... The committee, as part of its work, recommended an initial 6month ban on small scale mining activities, a request to which the President gave his assent ...

• Gold is a commercial tool • Gold is currency • Gold is a financial instrument 5 Gold can service a range of commercial or financial needs • Gold offers easy anonymity • Gold is easily smuggled • Gold's value is relatively predictable. The weight and quality of gold can be assured • .

RE‐AGRARIANISING LIVELIHOODS IN POST‐CONFLICT SIERRA LEONE? MINERAL WEALTH AND RURAL CHANGE IN ARTISANAL AND SMALL‐SCALE MINING COMMUNITIES. Roy Maconachie. ... A historical analysis of the transformation of smallscale gold mining in Compostela Valley province, Southern Philippines, The Extractive Industries and Society, 1, 1 ...

According to a 2013 World Bank report, artisanal and smallscale mining occurs in about "80 countries and accounts for 80% of global sapphire, 20% of gold mining and up to 20% of diamond mining". On the continent of Africa, ASM occurs in about 45 countries,...

This article explores a number of the productivity and marketing difficulties that are hindering the establishment of sustainable livelihoods in smallscale agriculture in Sierra Leone. The emergence of the artisanal gold mining and trading sector in the central part of the country and synergies between farming and mining cycles are discussed.

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'Voices from the mine' is a new 33minute documentary film by University of Bath researcher, Dr Roy Maconachie. It focuses on resource governance in Sierra Leone's artisanal diamond mining sector, tracing the pathway of diamonds from pit to market, and documenting the stories of different stakeholders along the way.

Jan 25, 2019· The new research shows the extent of the harms of artisanal and smallscale mining, but it also reveals its important – and often overshadowed – contributions. In just 4 of Tanzania's 26 regions, IPIS estimates that up to 121,000 people are directly engaged in mining and processing.

Jul 10, 2019· Striking gold: mining firm to invest in aquaculture in Sierra Leone 10 Jul 2019 Seeing the opportunities in commercial fish farming, investors and government representatives from Sierra Leone have been learning about best practice from friends and colleagues in Ghana – and are re.

The Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment (SESA) of the mining sector in Sierra Leone was undertaken in response to the Government of Sierra Leone's (GOSL) request for assistance in developing its minerals policy. ... Additionally, it has a wellmanaged and successful artisanal and small scale mining sector. Under the second phase of ...

GemFair is a pilot project that aims to create a secure, transparent route to market for ethicallysourced artisanal and smallscale mined diamonds. By providing artisanal and smallscale miners with access to the global market and offering fair prices, GemFair hopes to improve miners' livelihoods and to foster the sector's development as a credible and trusted source of diamond supply.

The mineral sector consists of three categories of mine operations: (a) largescale; (b) mechanized smallscale mines, mostly diamonds and gold; and (c) artisanal, with large numbers of individual miners. Largescale mining operations in Sierra Leone are all foreignowned. The National Minerals Agency Act was...