Insights
Background on artisanal mining, frontier markets and the practical realities of responsible sourcing, written from operating experience.
What Is Artisanal & Small-Scale Mining?
A plain introduction to ASM: who mines this way, why it matters to formal supply chains, and how it differs from large-scale mining.
Read →Why Frontier Markets, and Why Sub-Saharan Africa
What makes frontier-market mining distinct, and why Sub-Saharan Africa sits at the centre of the ASM advisory conversation.
Read →Formalisation: The Practical Path from Informal to Compliant
What formalisation actually involves for an ASM operator, and why it unfolds as a sequence of steps.
Read →Traceability in Practice: What Blockchain Actually Verifies
A grounded look at what blockchain-based traceability can and cannot prove about where a mineral came from.
Read →ESG Due Diligence for Investors Entering ASM Value Chains
What a meaningful ESG assessment covers when the asset in question touches artisanal and small-scale mining.
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