I'm delighted to share that Mickey Brookshire and I have been in Sierra Leone West Africa for a week now, taking an unprecedented step towards implementing alternatives to mercury use in gold mining, a research mission …
Sierra Leone has a substantial mining sector, primarily driven by the large-scale production of iron ore, diamonds, rutile and bauxite. It also hosts small-scale and artisanal mining of gold and diamonds. Mining plays an important role in the country's economy, although the sector has been in decline over the past years.
The Pampana River is one of many rivers in Sierra Leone that have become heavily polluted due to gold mining in its headwaters (Akiwumi 2014; Kamara 2015; Chimange 2018). Active and abandoned gold mining operations vary from commercial mining operations up to several square kilometers in size to local small-scale artisanal mining operations.
Abstract Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) utilizes mercury (Hg) for the extraction of gold (Au) and is responsible for the largest anthropogenic source of emissions and releases of Hg to the environment. Previous estimates of Hg use in ASGM have varied widely. In this effort, Hg losses in ASGM were derived from the difference between estimates …
1. Introduction. In Sierra Leone, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) – low tech, labor intensive mineral extraction and processing – provides a livelihood for at least 300,000 individuals (Government of Sierra Leone 2018:11).Government statistics suggest that in 2014, commodities accounted for 97 per cent of Sierra Leone's total merchandise exports, of which …
Gold mining in Sierra Leone has been an economic activity for centuries. However, modern mining techniques and investments have led to an increase in gold production in the country. ... Sierra Leone also has a number of small …
DIAMOND AND GOLD MINING PROJECT IN SIERRA LEONE [pic] 9.25 CT DIAMOND FROM SIERRA LEONE CONTENTS 1. GENERAL 2. INITIAL REQUIREMENTS GENERAL For the last 2 years our company has been closely following the Sierra Leanean diamond "Industry" if …
Recent studies of migration into artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) have explored the motivations, strategic agency and professional trajectories of women and men miners who move to mine. ... Migration, authority and the gendered organization of labour in artisanal gold mining in Sierra Leone (and Mozambique) Volume 92, Issue 3; Blair ...
Small-scale mining also includes all lower segments of mining (both non-mechanised and mechanised) that are not conventional industrial mining operations. Child labour in artisanal mining ...
Abstract This paper argues that a formalised small-scale gold mining sector could ameliorate Sierra Leone's emerging 'crisis of youth'. Burgeoning pockets of unemployed young men now found scattered throughout the country, the mobilisation of whom proved instrumental in prolonging civil war in the 1990s, have fuelled fresh concerns about renewed violence.
After training ASM in 16 mine sites across Sierra Leone on how to use provided tablets to digitally track their diamonds throughout the supply chain, De Beers has extended the pilot to work with ...
DIAMOND AND GOLD MINING PROJECT IN SIERRA LEONE [pic] 9. 25 CT DIAMOND FROM SIERRA LEONE CONTENTS 1. GENERAL 2. ... SMALL SCALE MINING LICENCE FOR THE COMPANYSince we decided to start the activity in Kamakwie – we had to adapt to the special requirements of this area. All lands in Kamakwie area are private lands owned by the local ...
The Baomahun Gold Project is set to become Sierra Leone's first large scale commercial gold mine. Covering a land area of 124.27km², Baomahun has a JORC certified resource of 5.81Moz of gold across both open pit and underground mining, making it one of the largest gold development projects in Africa.
Follow the Money: Financial Flows linked to Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Sierra Leone 33. DIG100916m: Interview with mine labourer, Kono (Mine Site 1), 10 September 2016.
Follo oney Financial Flows linked to Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Sierra Leone 1 Executive Summary Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) has largely been dismissed as an economically insignificant, subsis-tence based activity in Sierra Leone. This is in sharp contrast to the artisanal diamond sector, which has historically
4 Glossary ASGM: artisanal and small-scale gold mining ASGM actor: A person involved in the domestic ASGM value chain (diggers, processors, license holders, licenses traders, unlicensed traders, goldsmiths, exporters) ASGM stakeholder: A person or an institution indirectly involved in ASGM (customary chiefs, village chiefs, youth leaders, farmers, shop holders, health officials, …
Sierra Leone is a resource-rich country with mining being one of the main economic activity in the country. Mining operations has yielded mixed results across the country with the provision of ...
"Small-scale mining" means the intentional mining of minerals in mechanized operations not exceeding twenty meters in depth or involving the sinking of shafts, driving of adits, or other …
Mining is the core revenue source of Sierra Leone's post-war reconstruction and development Agenda for Prosperity (2013–2018). This initiative includes large-scale extraction of minerals such as iron ore, bauxite, and titanium and artisanal mining of gold and diamonds.
Sierra Leone's nascent artisanal and small-scale gold mining industry is moving to reduce mercury across the sector with the formalization of its first association for responsible trade. A new government-sponsored …
Identifying human health risks from precious metal mining in Sierra Leone Richard A. Marcantonio1,2 & Sean P. Field2 & Papanie Bai Sesay3 ... its headwaters at Lake Sonfon in the northeast—an area with both active and abandoned gold mining sites—to its confluence ... size to local small-scale artisanal mining operations. In the extraction ...
A Small-Scale Mining license is issued for three years and renewable for another three-year period; A Large-Scale Mining license is awarded for an initial period of twenty five years and renewable for a further fifteen years. For small- scale mining, the maximum allowable area per license is 100 hectares.
hindering the establishment of sustainable livelihoods in small-scale agriculture in Sierra Leone. The emergence of the artisanal gold mining and trading sector in the central part of the country
Over the past three decades, the global appetite for gold has continued to grow, driven by increased consumer demand from Asia and soaring investor demand following spiking gold prices. 6 Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is prevalent in at least 64 countries ().The estimated number of ASGM miners increased from ∼16 million in 2011 7 to …
Sierra Leone's burgeoning artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector provides critical livelihoods for women and young men in a place where viable income-generating options are few.
This article explores a number of the productivity and marketing difficulties that are hindering the establishment of sustainable livelihoods in small-scale 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.
Mining businesses are problematic in developing countries because they intrude on farming ecologies, rendering arable lands almost unavailable to farmers and making them unproductive. This paper expounds on the impact of agricultural land loss on mining activities in Kenema, as farming is the primary source of income for the locals; nevertheless, small-farm …
This chapter provides a comparative review of the interfaces between artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) and organized crime in Latin America and Africa, focusing …
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has long been a vital source of livelihoods for rural populations in the global South. Yet, it has also been linked to a host of social, political and environmental adversities, including violent conflict. As environmental peacebuilding increasingly stresses the importance of livelihood improvement as a means of fostering peace in conflict …
Follo oney Financial Flows linked to Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Sierra Leone 1 Executive Summary Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) has largely been …
This article explores a number of the productivity and marketing difficulties that are hindering the establishment of sustainable livelihoods in small-scale 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. It is argued that small …
Gold mining has been a relatively small industry in Sierra Leone compared to diamonds or iron ore, but is growing with companies such as Dayu, which says it has the biggest underground gold mine ...