Gold is a metal that never loses its value at the international market. Investors keep value of their assets buying gold when the rate of foreign currencies, especially USD, at fluctuation. The Govern...

A new project on reducing health hazards of artisanal and small-scale gold mining was launched on 5 December in Washington DC. The project will work towards the objectives of the Minamata Convention a...

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...

Mining conference of Bayankhongor province was held on March 20 involving special license holders of usage and exploration of minerals, artisanal miners and non-government organizations. Local adminis...

The Sustainable Artisanal Mining (SAM) project was initiated and co-implemented by the Ministry of Mining and Heavy Industry and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in 2005. The fourth...

The SAM Project’s leadership team conducted a two-day trip to Dundgobi aimag and Khuld soum, where they met with governors, government officials and flour-spar artisanal miners. Khuld soum has high-qu...

After graduating from high school, B. Tsog-Yuren yearned to continue her education but she had to herd livestock while she took care of her grandparents in the countryside. Tsog-Yuren is now the leade...

Samdan Choijiljav was her parents’ seventh daughter. She spent most of her childhood in Baatsagaan soum in Bayankhongor aimag. In 1997, she began working and selling dairy products in a shop in the ai...

The February 1 meeting of the SDC Sustainable Artisanal Mining (SAM) Project’s Steering Committee meeting focused on the findings and recommendations of the project’s mid-term review, 2016 results and...