artisanal and small-scale gold mining in ghana
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Background Ghana has the second largest deposit of gold in Africa 9th largest producer of gold in 2011 Small workforce, but produces 34% of total exports Approximately 1/3 of gold revenues come from informal sectorTRANSCRIPT
Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in
GhanaDecember 18, 2015
Caitlin Sellers, Deme Yoo, and Patrick Wyatt
Background
• Ghana has the second largest deposit of gold in Africa
• 9th largest producer of gold in 2011
• Small workforce, but produces 34% of total exports
• Approximately 1/3 of gold revenues come from informal sector
Problem
• What’s an “artisanal” mine?• Small-scale (usually illegal) mining operation
• Miners are unregistered• Don’t pay government taxes• Many localized districts• No oversight
• Rudimentary practices• Environmental and safety concerns• Child labor
Our Approach
• Proposal for USAID• In line with Ghana Development Objectives
• Focus on information transparency
• Integrate and license artisan miners
• Build on existing solutions with additional technology
Technical Solution
• SAP – Enterprise Resource Planning
• Cloud Backed Mobile Technology
• Open Data
• GIS
• Social Networking
Capacity Building
• Leveraging decentralized governance
• Traditional authorities
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