====== Central African Republic ======

==== ASM Population: 450,000 ====
350,000 diamond miners (AMDC-17) plus "significant" gold miners (calculated by UBC-14 as 291,000, but probably a little high for the production volume) suggests an estimate of -> **450,000** \\
Min/max: conservatively between HIL-16 and UBC-14+AMDC-17: **-50,000/+100,000** \\
Female participation: No data, but probably -as usual- lower in diamonds and higher in gold possibly ~15% -> **70,000** \\
Gold: **100,000** (as considered in total above)


==== Data sources for estimation ====

===2018: 400,000 ===
(IGF-18): Table 3 quoting HIL-16
  Directly working in ASM: 400,000
  Estimated number of dependants: 2,400,000
  Main Minerals: Gold, Diamonds
  
===2017: 350,000 diamond + significant gold ===
(AMDC-17):
  Artisanal mining of diamonds and gold in the CAR occurs mostly in the regions of Berberati, Upper Kotto, and Sangha. Since 1962, 98% of diamonds and 100% of gold production came from ASM in these regions.
  CAR’s diamonds are alluvial and 100% of the sector is artisanal, with about 40–90,000 autonomous artisanal miners forming the base for the mining activity in the country. These miners, who manage and run the operations and earn about US$280 a month, employ up to 350,000 labourers (diggers and washers), who may earn up to $50 per month.
  The CAR’s gold production has a significant contribution from artisanal mining. Official production is estimated to be about 100 kg per year, but actual production is estimated to exceed 2 tonnes a year. Gold production is almost entirely from alluvial operations.
===2016: 400,000 ===
(HIL-16): Directly working in ASM: 400,000\\
Estimated number of dependants: 2,400,000

===2014: 291,000 ===
(UBC-14): Gold-only data produced by statistic modelling: \\
  Expected ASM population: 291,000 
  Estimated ASM gold production: 3 t/a

===2013: > 100,000 === 
(IIED-13): > 100,000 \\

===1999: 45,000 ===
(ILO-99): Employment: 45,000\\
Number of mines: n/a \\
Illegal mines (%): n/a \\


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