“The Artisanal Gold Council (AGC) was contracted by PAC to help with their gold project in the DRC with the aim of helping create incentives for artisanal miners to produce gold responsibly and to sell it through a legal transparent supply chain ultimately in compliance with OECD due
diligence guidelines. One broadly recognized incentive to bring about this behavioral
change is to assist the artisanal miners at the grass roots level to in meaningful ways that do not set them back in terms of their quality of life – their livelihoods. One common cornerstone to this approach is to increase their productivity – more gold for a similar effort and costs – while assuring them through clear communication and working together to build trust that the ultimate outcome will be to their benefit.”
cornerstone to this approach is to increase their productivity – more gold for a similar effort and
costs – while assuring them through clear communication and working together to build trust
that the ultimate outcome will be to their benefit. The benefits come in terms of increased
income, increased stability, improved health, improved access to capital, and improved self
confidence amongst other benefits and with the first one, improved income being of
fundamental importance on short or immediate time scales.”
