Bio

A mining engineer, I recently graduated as a PhD, based on research in artisanal gold mining within East Africa. I have experience spanning a variety of mining methods and metals, and in multiple facets of the mining industry, such as technical, managerial, legal, mining education, and consulting. I am presently involved in the pursuit of mercury-free ASGM, using a prototype spinning gravity concentrator, commercially known as the GoldKacha mini, in Kenya and Zimbabwe.

Resource Library Contributions

Mining God’s way: towards mineral resource justice with artisanal gold miners in East Africa.

Author: Dr. Terry Garde
Publisher: Middlesex University
Publication Year: 2020

The daily livelihood practices of artisanal gold miners have social, economic, environmental, and governance impacts. Three situations were observed in East Africa, where interventions towards improving livelihoods or mitigating these impacts, have resulted in impasses. These impasses are engaged through practical theology ...