Representatives from 48 ASM member organisations in 26 soums in 15 provinces who are part of the ASM National Federation met in December to reflect on their efforts throughout 2017.
The Mongolian NGO XAMODX is a producer of Fairmined Ecological Gold, a special Fairmined label for Fairmined Gold produced without the use of mercury or cyanide.
With an initial 700 artisanal miners, the “Duush Mandal Khairkhan” NGO was founded in 2008 with the aim of developing socially accepted ASM by allowing miners to voice their opinions on solutions to p...
SDC’s Director of Cooperation Gabriella Spirli highlighted the numerous positive outcomes of the Ministry’s collaboration with the SAM Project during a meeting with D. Sumiyabazar, Mongolia’s Minister...
In every direction, everywhere you look, only a few Mongolians gers can be seen. As I began to think that herders hadn’t yet returned from their summer camp, a small car drove towards the ger – to whe...
The “XAMODX” artisanal mining NGO, established in 2005, represents more than 300 artisanal and small-scale miners extracting gold in Bayan-Ovoo soum, Bayankhongor aimag.
“I work as a liaison for others I do not have a right to just sit” said Saruul Jargal the leader of Bayanbumbugur non-governmental organization Bumbugur soum, Bayankhongor aimag, an ordinary Mongolian...
With committed and dedicated nature Tuya Damdinjamts, spent her young age and all her energy to improve the legal and social environment for unorganized and illegal miners so-called “ninja” not only f...