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Advancing Formalization & Mercury-Free Gold Mining in Ghana
A UNDP-UNIDO-GEF initiative reducing mercury use and building responsible, inclusive gold supply chains in Ghana's Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining sector.
Ghana's Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) sector faces significant cultural, institutional, technical and financial barriers that leave informal miners behind — cyclically deepening poverty and resource degradation. The planetGOLD+ project adopts an integrated approach to bring responsible mines to market through environmentally sustainable, financially inclusive and market-based strategies. It seeks to reduce mercury use, improve miner incomes, expand access to legitimate finance, and facilitate the uptake of mercury-free technologies to create responsible gold supply chains across Ghana.
Transforming Ghana's Artisanal Gold Mining Sector
The planetGOLD+ Ghana project works with small-scale gold miners, government institutions, and financial partners to eliminate mercury use, advance formalization, and build responsible gold supply chains. Through integrated approaches spanning jurisdictional formalization, financial inclusion, mercury-free technologies, and knowledge sharing, the project is protecting human health, restoring the environment, and improving livelihoods for over 100,000 miners and community members across Ghana.
