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Gold to be proud of / Fairmined

Gold to be proud of
SUPPORT RESPONSIBLE COMMUNITY MINING BY BUYING PRODUCTS WITH FAIRMINED GOLD
WITH YOUR GOLD PURCHASE
DID YOU KNOW THAT
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You can empower people, families and communities ?

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You can support responsible entreprerneurship and buisness preactices ?

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You can contribute to social developement and environmental protection ?

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You can create a human connection with communities in latin america, africa and asia ?

DO YOU KNOW
WHERE YOUR GOLD COMES FROM ?

Gold is mined all over the world either in highly mechanized industrial mines or by artisanal and small-scale miners. Artisanal mining is often performed in rural communities, using simple tools or technologies. It is hard manual work.

WHY IS YOUR SUPPORT IMPORTANT ?
WITH THE RIGHT SUPPORT AND INCENTIVES SMALL COMMUNITY FOR POSITIVE SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
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Artisanal mining is often associated with illegality and informality, child labor and gender inequality, poor health and safety of workers, irresponsible use of mercury and environmental destruction, fueling conflict through criminal practices

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Artisanal and small-scale mining is often a poverty driven activity performed in remote communities with few economic alternatives.

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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
FROM ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MINING

Fairmined is a standard and assurance label that certifies gold from responsible artisanal and small-scale mining organizations.

Fairmined transfoms mining into an active force for good, delivering social development and environmental protection and proving everyone with gold to be proud of.

The Iquira cooperative
FAIRMED CERTIFIED AND LEADERS IN RESPONSIBLE MINING

Located in the green hills of southwest Colombia, the Iquira Municipality Agro-Mineral Cooperative are a model example of how coffee, agriculture, livestock farming and gold mining can coexist sustainably.
Gold mining has provided the community with diversified economic alternatives where community members alternate between artisanal mining and farming.

The Iquira miners are leveraging this relatively new community activity to drive positive local change.
Because artisanal mining can have negative effects if not done properly, the co-operative members have been eager to learn about and implement the responsible social and environmental practices learned through their Fairmined Certification.
The cooperative supports approximately 450 people through their work. With increased income thanks to mining, the community has© greater opportunities and an amplified long-term business vision.