Fairmined is an assurance label that certifies gold from empowered responsible artisanal and small-scale mining organizations. It transforms mining into an active force for good, ensuring social development and environmental protection, providing everyone with a source of gold to be proud of. Read More
These proud entrepreneurs are seeking market opportunities to lift themselves out of poverty, not hand-outs. Fairmined gives them access to a fair price and premium as a fair exchange for the demands of certification.
These are strongly principled mining organizations who have already shown a strong desire to mine responsibly, for their community and their environment. Fairmined turns their commitment into impact.
These are mining artisans with generations of expertise. They are proud of their work and want to be the very best miners they can be. Fairmined harnesses their passion.
These proud entrepreneurs are seeking market opportunities to lift themselves out of poverty, not hand-outs. Fairmined gives them access to a fair price and premium as a fair exchange for the demands of certification.
These are strongly principled mining organizations who have already shown a strong desire to mine responsibly, for their community and their environment. Fairmined turns their commitment into impact.
These are mining artisans with generations of expertise. They are proud of their work and want to be the very best miners they can be. Fairmined harnesses their passion.
“They spoke about the gear that one can bring down to the streams, like boots, shovels and personal equipment like gloves (…)”, she remembers. However, she admits she still goes to work in sandals occasionally: “Sometimes there are no money to buy stuff, and sometimes you can get your toes hurt with rocks”. Concerning the use of mercury, she explains that she doesn’t fish anymore because the fish is contaminated, and she talks about the need for other miners in the area to gradually stop using it too.
Yurani is an empowered and lovely woman who never stops smiling. She has a strong will and she is thankful for what she’s got: “I can’t be away from my land, every time I leave I can’t wait to come back here”. This barequera from the Colombian Cauca region is willing to improve the quality of life in her area, and she wants to work on her education, both in the mining world and personally, to get, one day, to become a teacher.
-Curtesy of Alliance for Responsible Mining
The start of a mining organization after a displacement. The year 2006 was a difficult in Rolberto’s region due to the conflict Colombia. “The illegal armed groups were fighting on the territory in the middle of an economy of illicit crops and the clashes between these actors caused the displacement of our families and the flee of violence towards the municipal capital”, explains Rolberto. However, that same year, the mining organization was founded: the Asociación Agrominera de los Andes “Fortaleza”. From this year as well, Rolberto began leading community processes with associations of displaced people to advocate politically and conduct community projects. Artisanal mining in the region has so far been supplemented by agriculture (cassava, beans, groundnuts, bananas, among others).
“Fortaleza” was created by 12 partners who wanted to conduct mining activities under a title called “Gualconda mine”, all affected by displacement. Despite the economic difficulties, partners and workers began to put an effort into the mining project along with prospecting for a distant future.
-Curtesy of Alliance for Responsible Mining
