====== Dominican Republic ======

==== ASM Population: 5,000 ====
Total: DOM-2014a suggests that ASM activity has increased since ILO-99, extracting semi-precious larimar, amber and gold. The 2,500 from 1999 may have doubled. -> **5,000**\\
Min/max: Min cound be 3,000 like in 1999, max could be same difference to upwards (+2,000)? (as per intensified activity suggested in DOM-2014a.) -> **3,000 - 7,000**\\
Female participation: no data. Possibly in processing and gemstone sorting. -> **500** (?)\\
Gold: no data but ASGM existent. -> **2,000** (?)\\

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

=== 2018: 2,500 ===
IGF-18 and ARM-18 replicate data from ILO-99

=== 2014: ===
(DOM-2014a): Qualitative data that indicates increased importance ... likely due to increased activity.\\
  Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) issues are being prioritized: 2014 has been declared “The Year of Small-Scale Mining” and the government has appointed a professional to the Mining General Directorate to focus on ASM issues
  The extraction of alluvial gold using rudimentary techniques has been regulated.
  ASM activities in the Dominican Republic are primarily found around semi-precious larimar, amber and gold deposits.
  Data regarding this mining subsector is virtually nonexistent. Stakeholders reported the existence of between 20 to 50 small-scale mining sites, but these estimates cannot be confirmed. 

=== 1999: 2,500 ===
(ILO-99): Employment: 2,000 - 3,000\\
Number of mines: n/a \\
Illegal mines: n/a \\

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