Growth strategies in mining regions promote gold extraction based on industrial mining, associating Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) with persistent informality. Against this background, we consider how to approach transformations sustainability ASGM. Acknowledging problematic topic is for debates, given ASGM associated a host of environmental social problems, argue that justice len...

Artisanal gold mining is the leading source of anthropogenic mercury emissions worldwide. This article explores cost-effective leaching methods for skilled miners to address mercury's environmental and health impacts in this sector. A sample from Colombia's La Maria deposit, containing 48.87 ppm gold, ground 80% below 0.13 mm, served as basis comparison. The standard whole ore amalgamation appr...