The Uyanga ASM’s socio-economic survey aimed to define the miners’ livelihood quality, gold mining and employment status, occupational health and safety environment, contribution towards local economy development, quality and access to health and social welfare services, organizational and institutional structures and cooperation of ASMs in Uyanga soum and identify the positive and negative impacts to the environment. This survey was conducted by the"Khugjliin Ezed" NGO and fully funded and contracted by the SAM project of SDC Mongolia.