Colombia gold mine collapse kills 13 workers
At least 13 workers have been killed and another seven injured in a landslide at an open pit gold mine in southwestern Colombia — the latest in a series of…
Artisanal mining
Gangs hijack Ecuador’s gold mining supply chain
Ecuador has elevated illegal mining to a national security threat after concluding that criminal gangs have infiltrated the country’s gold supply chain, from extraction to export, turning the sector into…
East Africa Metals sites hit by illegal mining: report
Rising gold prices have resulted in alleged illegal mining activities taking place at two East Africa Metals (TSXV: EAM) properties in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, The Globe and Mail reported. Witnesses including…
Luminex reaches ‘historic’ agreement with informal miners around Ecuador gold project
Luminex Resources (TSXV: LR; US-OTC: LUMIF) says it has reached “a historic and unprecedented” mediated agreement with informal miners in the Condor North portion of its Condor gold project in…
How working with artisanal miners can reduce risk and generate value
Large-scale and artisanal-scale mining (ASM) are often at odds. Artisanal miners are frequently seen as squatters by large-scale companies, using land concessions without formal rights. Their presence also increases the…