Indigo Commences Phase II Drilling at Moule
MarketWatch (press release)
Assay results were generally below 100 ppb Au, suggesting the source of the gold recovered by the artisanal miners and elevated gold soil geochemistry is the Zelingpe 1 target under the laterite plateau. Indigo's President, Tim Henneberry, said: "After ...

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Colombia Crest Gold Corp. Initiates Drilling at the San Simon Project
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
San Simon has a long history of prospecting and gold mining dating back to the 17th century. Artisanal miners discovered gold in the Paititi area in the early 1990's and as many as 1500 miners were working in the San Simon district by the mid 1990's. ...

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ABN Newswire (press release)
Gold find for Triple Plate
IBTimes
... high grade gold deposit, akin to the development at Barrick's Porgera mine. "We are awaiting results from the final hole of our maiden drilling campaign, NEV023, which also targeted the artisanal mining zone. Results are expected within a week."
Gold Anomaly Limited (ASX:GOA) Report High Grade Gold Intercept at Crater ...ABN Newswire (press release)

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Modern Ghana
NGO wages war on illegal mining
Modern Ghana
This is the avowed aim of a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Retired Mine Workers Foundation (REMWOF). The group believes that the transformation and modernisation of small scale and artisanal mining in Ghana could be achieved through unifying and ...

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Coltan a minefield in the Congo
Toronto Star
The result has been to strip the region of trade in the interim, a devastating outcome for the creuseurs, or artisanal miners. “It's not the time to ban us,” the senator pleads. “It's the time to help us.” The senator declines to descend the steep path ...

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Shanta to commission new Tanzania gold mine in Q4
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
Artisanal mining on Shanta Gold's property continues, and the company hoped that a mutually agreeable solution would be found during the coming year. Basic loss a share increased from $4.29 at December 31, 2009, to $5.95 for the period under review, ...

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Gold certified as “fair trade”
Latinamerica Press
They quickly formed SOTRAMI to legalize their existence in the eyes of the Peruvian government, which was an advantage for getting the fair trade certification because FLO-CERT only gives it to associations of small-scale and artisanal miners that meet ...

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Comment: Stop Human Rights Violations in the Mining Industry: The Case of ...
Myjoyonline.com
Significantly, the potential of the mining sector to reduce rural poverty, through the streamlining of small scale and artisanal mining practices is without a doubt. Over the years, the mining industry has not had a very positive image, partly due to ...

Samaranta Mining Corporation: Guadalupe Update
MarketWatch (press release)
Gold mineralization along FGB have been worked extensively over the last 200 years, by artisanal miners, and numerous mining companies. Samaranta's Guadalupe property is strategically located on the northern boundary of the Frontino Gold Mine, ...

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Professional Jeweller
Fairtrade Foundation responds to Dispatches doc
Professional Jeweller
But anyone who has any knowledge of working with small-scale and artisanal mining will understand the complex issues in this sector. Supporting miners to form associations and gain legal recognition, to tackle the health and safety problems they face ...

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ISN
The New Gold Rush
ISN
This rise in demand and high market price for the precious metal has spurred a major increase in both large scale prospecting and small scale artisanal mining, with a 30% increase in gold mining in Colombia last year. The Colombian government has ...

Kilo Announces Exploration Update of the Somituri Project, DRC
MarketWatch (press release)
An artisanal mining site was also undercut by one of these diamond drill holes. A trench being excavated 80 metres to the northwest has intersected the sercite schist shear zone. The sampled drill core has been dispatched to ALS Chemex for sample ...

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Modern Ghana
'Galamsey Needs Tougher Sanction'
Modern Ghana
He further stated that by so doing it will send a positive message to the public that artisanal and small-scale mining could be done in an environmentally sustainable manner and contribute positively to the economic development of Ghana. ...

Police alleged to strip naked artisanal miners
IPPmedia
By Correspondent Police officers in Liwale district are alleged to have stripped naked 70 artisanal miners, claiming that they were searching for stolen gold and money. The police cruelty is alleged to have occurred on June 16 at Ngujungu mine in ...

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Indigo Provides Update on Burkina Faso Gold Exploration Activities
MarketWatch (press release)
Vein 3 has been traced for 1700 metres and is the site of growing artisanal mining, where local miners are now using cement lined shafts and diesel pumps and winches to mine near surface gold within the vein. Phase I drilling intersected gold ...

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Seafield Announces Resources of 1582105 Ounces Gold at Miraflores Project ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
The Miraflores property is located within the Quinchia gold mining district and has been the site of artisanal mining since Pre-Columbian times. The Miraflores deposit occurs within a hydrothermal breccia pipe which is roughly circular in shape, ...

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Discovery Ventures Announces Drilling Program at La Sarita Project in Mexico
Azomining
This project includes significant small-scale artisanal type mining processes, which was performed during late 1800s through surface and underground workings. La Caridad and the Cananea are the two large-scale copper mines located in Sonora mines. ...

African Queen Mines begins first phase of exploration work at Noyem-Nyafoman
Proactive Investors USA & Canada
The phase one work program will cover a geological mapping of the license area, paying particular attention to the location of all current and historical artisanal mining sites. Mapping will be designed to also provide information on the strike extent ...

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Researcher explains dangers of mercury; use borax
Philippine Information Agency
During the media briefing entitled, "Reducing Mercury Pollution in Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining in Balbalan, Kalinga" last May 20 here, researchers from the Basel Action Network (BAN) Toxics, Dialogos, and the Department of Public Health ...

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AFRICAN Q : African Queen Commences 2011 Field Program at Noyem-Nyafoman Gold ...
4-traders (press release)
It has long been host to large numbers of artisanal miners and in October, 2008, a shed-off area of 8.98 sq. km. adjacent to the current license area was reserved for small scale mining. There remain issues to be resolved with a number of the local ...

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