fairmined gold
With the right support and incentives small community mining organisations offer the greatest opportunity for positive social and environmental impact.
why is your support important?
In choosing to buy Fairmined gold, you are investing in empowering small scale mining communities.
Artisanal mining is often associated with:
Illegality and informality
Child labour and gender inequality
Poor health and safety of workers
Irresponsible use of mercury and environmental destruction
Fuelling conflict through criminal practices
Artisinal and small scale mining is often a poverty driven activity performed in remote communities with few economic alternatives.
It is estimated that around 150 million miners and their families depend on artisanal gold mining to make a living.
the fairmined standard for gold
Benefits and requirements for certified artisinal and small scale mining organisations
Organisational development
A guaranteed minimum price
An additional Premium as market incentive
Strengthened and empowered organisation
Better trade relationships
Legal mining operation
social development
No link to conflict situations
No child labour
Gender equality
Promotes wellbeing in the community
environmental protection
Protection of water supplies
Safe and reduced handling of chemicals or chemical-free extraction
Small scale operations with low environmental impact
A positive environmental legacy
work conditions
Workers right to organise
Stable jobs for miners
A healthy and safe workplace for miners