Colombia: Colombia’s Artisanal Gold Miners Now Part of a Traceable Global Supply Chain

Dec 6, 2019 | Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.com
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A group of international organizations, led by Switzerland’s Better Gold Initiative (BGI), has extended their responsible mining initiative to hundreds of artisanal gold miners from El Chocó, Colombia, which are now part of a fully traceable and accountable international supply chain. About 500 local gold panners or “barequeros” have benefited from the initiative, with aims at improving their working practices in one of the South American country’s poorest regions, still affected by internal conflict.