GEF GOLD: Contribution Towards the Elimination of Mercury and Improvement of the Gold Value Chain in the Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Sector

Expand the elimination of mercury in ASGM operations, facilitate access to finance, and improve the gold supply chain to provide miners in Burkina Faso more direct access to the international market
Financial mechanism
GEF
Date of approval
Status
Project approved
URL
https://www.thegef.org/projects-operations/projects/9718
Countries
Burkina Faso
Managing organisations
? Ministry of Environment, Green Economy and Climate Change(MEGECC),
? National Agency for the Supervision of Artisanal and Small-scale Mining under Ministry of Mines (known as ANEEMAS),
? Artisanal Gold Council (AGC)
Implementing organisations
UNIDO
Project ID
9718
GEF project type
Medium size
GEF project phase
GEF - 6
GEF Cofinancing
$7.310.819
GEF project grant
$2.000.000