Update 12: Impacts of COVID-19 on ASM: Insights from the ground

New Analysis and Webinars available on COVID-19's impact on the Artisanal Mining Sector:

• Artisanal Gold Council: Gold Database Extract: Artisanal Gold Prices Pre and Post Covid-19, Images from Indonesia – Miners document life in lockdown, Papua New Guinea – Gold Trading in a Time of Lockdown
• Centre for Natural Resource Governance: Women hit hard by COVID-19
• Gem Legacy: COVID-19 Relief Efforts and Donation Opportunity
• Levin Sources: Six reasons why COVID-19 response planning should prioritise ASM communities
• ITSCI: Response to COVID-19 Outbreak & COVID-19 Prevention & Awareness Leaflets (pdf)
• Planet Gold: COVID-19 Updates and Resources (updated April 21), Indonesia Factsheet: The prevalence of COVID-19 within GOLD-ISMIA’s project locations
• Foundation for ASM Development - Tanzania: "The Voice of the Miners on the Corona Disaster"

Webinars

Gold Supply Chains in the Time of Pandemic: Resources, Social and Environmental Impacts, and Responsible Practices - Apr 24, 2020 16:00-17:00 (GMT) , Register

Minerals, Materials and Society Webinar, Securing Supply Chains in Times of Crisis - May 1, 2020 13:00-16:00 (GMT). To register contact Patricia Syvrud, MMS Program Manager at [email protected]