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Artisanal and Small Scale Mining: ASM Policy Options for DRC Mid-Size and Junior Miners

Artisanal and Small Scale Mining: ASM Policy Options for DRC Mid-Size and Junior Miners. Feedback from DRC Capacity Building Workshop – May 2006. Context. Mid-size and junior miners with limited or no DRC experience, and no corporate ASM policy or experience

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Artisanal and Small Scale Mining: ASM Policy Options for DRC Mid-Size and Junior Miners

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  1. Artisanal and Small Scale Mining: ASM Policy Options for DRC Mid-Size and Junior Miners Tim Hart SRK Consulting

  2. Feedback from DRC Capacity Building Workshop – May 2006 Tim Hart SRK Consulting

  3. Context • Mid-size and junior miners with limited or no DRC experience, and no corporate ASM policy or experience • Re-starting mines previously operated by Gecamines (most cases) • ASM in concessions – have no option but to address it • Different on-site circumstances: immediate conflicts of interest in some cases, longer term in others • Platform for ASM policy discussions is environmental authorisation (EAP in DRC, ESIA internationally) • Equator Principles and IFC Performance Standards a Background in some cases • Policy decisions early in mine development – decision support an option for CASM Tim Hart SRK Consulting

  4. ASM Policy Options for Mid-Size and Junior Miners Investing in DRC Remove Artisanal Miners • Benefits: • No unauthorised • miners • No conflicts of • interest • Risks: • Backlash/reprisal • Coercive actions • Reputational risk • Livelihood loss Co-exist with Artisanal Miners • Benefits: • No removal • Arms length • Livelihoods • Risks: • No control • Links with • poor practices • Unauthorised Incorporate Artisanal Mining • Benefits: • No removal • Some control • Livelihoods/devt • Risks: • Mgt/security $ • Backlash/reprisal • Still control risks • Unauthorised Transform Artisanal Miners • Benefits: • Avoids removal • Optimises control • Legal • Livelihoods/devt • Risks: • Too many to • transform • Miners in non- • core activities Tim Hart SRK Consulting

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