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Artisanal Mining Grand Challenge solutions - April 2020 (Prevent,…
Artisanal Mining Grand Challenge solutions - April 2020
Supply Chain
Blockchain
195) SOLUTION TO IMPROVE DUE DILIGENCE AND TRACEABILITY IN GOLD SUPPLY CHAIN
Blockchain-enabled technology platform for real-time monitoring
ASGM
anywhere
platform already exists
84) Trazoro technological strategy for proper trading of precious metals
'Risk control' strategy using blockchain for correct, validated commercialization of precious metals in Colombia.
ASGM
Anywhere (currently focused on Colombia)
Existing product that is being expanded
187) e-NATIORA - working towards a greener and more
sustainable future
platform supporting transparent and sustainable trade of gemstones from Africa (Blockchain enabled)
not ASGM
focus on Africa (Madagascar mentioned)
sounds like the platform already exists, unclear if the blockchain solution does
112) Provenance Proof: technologies for transparency for
gemstone supply chains
Provenance Proof Blockchain company uses nano-sized marker (emerald paternity test) + Everledger blockchain to track.
Piloted tech
170) ASM Application of the Everledger
platform and marketplace that enables buyers to see real time conservation information specific to their supply chain and allows buyers to incentivize greater conservation among communities and ASM
potential for ASGM
anywhere
company already exists and working in ASM
160) Blockchain Backed ASM Cooperatives
blockchain-enabled platform focused on the primary stage of global supply chain
potential for ASGM
Zambia focused, but could go broader
currently testing in Zambia
Recycling ASM-mined products
87) Re-MineLife
Software module to recycle metals and monitor mines.
ASGM
Anywhere
Wireframe
Fingerprinting
123) Elemental Fingerprinting Supply Chain Tracker
melt rare earth metals with gold, ability to trace using XRF
ASGM (and other metals)
anywhere
Not tested by the applicant
151) SFMD -System for Material Determination
Material determination based on chemical fingerprinting.
ASGM?
Anywhere
Already being sold
Certification
169) Facilitating the understanding of Certification Systems by ASGM
communication of certification scheme in Brazil
ASGM
Brazil
still an idea
126) Artisanal Green Gold Certification
certification scheme that accounts for not using Hg and reforestation
ASGM
anywhere (Peru?)
Not yet tested?
Prevent, remediate, restore
Prevent
Hg-free sluice systems
20) Super Fine Sluice System
HG-free gold sluice system
does not use HG
ASGM
anywhere
prototype
14) Sluice Goose GOLDROP
elutriation process using water
particle density separator
does not use HG
ASGM
anywhere
prototype
45) Cleangold
equipment recovers gold finer
than other gravity process
ASGM
anywhere
prototype
76) Application: AGC's Application
System of technologies to mine gold at high recovery rates without mercury or cyanide.
ASGM
Anywhere (being deployed in Indonesia, Burkina Faso, Peru, Suriname, Mongolia, Philippines)
Working Models Exist
177) ECOMINERIA ARTESANAL DE ORO
mercury-free ecological method where a gravimetry technique is applied
ASGM
anywhere
seems like it already exists
Borax
114) Unite with Chemistry – Use Borax as a flux to #MakeMercuryHistory in ASGM
ASGM
anywhere (demonstrated in Philippines)
Demonstrated
115) The Right Pan System
a Hg-free panning system for alluvial gold
ASGM
Anywhere
Working model?
140) MAGMS (Mercury-free Artisanl Gold Mining Solution)
'Shaking table' to mine gold without mercury
ASGM
Anywhere
Blueprint for a product?
150) Spiraling remediation: profitable mercury recovery and elimination
"Integration of spinal concentrators into ore separating trammels, optimizing variable sin horizontal centrifuges, and leveraging gold recovery gains" to mine without Hg.
ASGM
Anywhere, deployed in Honduras
Pilot
158) Annovative approach for artisanal gold processing
novel gravity-chemical process system
ASGM
Sudan
sounds like they've prototyped it
Plastic sieves
154) Artisan Plastic timbers Sieve made using post consumer plastic waste
a chemical free technology to recycle and transform post consumer plastic to manufacture sieves
ASGM
anywhere
prototype exists
Improved processes at mine sites
35) Illuminating ASM Through Rechargeable Batteries and
Torches
a recycling business to be developed alongside the
distribution/power/use business plan for batteries for ASM miners
not ASGM
anywhere (Rwanda)
business model / program
36) Concrete shaft collar and shotcrete lining on inclined
underground shafts
prevent deforestation related to ASM
not ASGM
anywhere (east Africa)
idea
Formalization
44) New innovations mining
a set of existing innovations to be applied to ASM
ASGM
anywhere (Indonesia)
unclear if innovations are developed by applicant, or if they exist beyond the provided sketches
59) Barksanem: ASM in a Sustainable Development
Framework
A mining formalization company based in Burkina Fasso
ASGM
anywhere (Africa)
Program
18) Improving The Quality Of Wolfram Mineral Through
Drying By Artisanal Miners
centralized drying and panning points for tungsten mining
not ASGM
Africa / wolfram mines
demonstration sites
65) Mercury Free Artisanal Gold Mining - Western Kenya
a turn-key solution in the extraction and processing of gold in a
safe, free from hazardous chemicals process and involving all members of the community
ASGM
anywhere (but specific to Kenya)
Program
68) Good Practices ASM induced by coltan characterization
TraCeLab: bag colour, an RFID tag, and an SMS code to trace coltan
not ASGM
DRC
Program
98) Responsible ASGM to achieve SDG's in Rural and
Remote Mining Communities
Outlines a 5 year program of processes and needs to formalize the ASM sector in Papua New Guinea
ASGM
Papua New Guinea
Program
100) Connecting women gold panners to the supply chain in Indonesia
Technical and Institutional support for female gold panners
ASGM
Indonesia
Project
106) Forest-Smart Mining
MICA is a community based organization that has advocated for the rights of informal gold miners for the last decade (Kenya). training, centralization of Hg free mining sluice (tech from US)
ASGM
anywhere (Kenya)
Program
107) Artisanal Miners Information & Decision Support
System (AMI-DSS) (and Alternative income generation through bee keeping)
This has two ideas
Data on water contamination, decision support system (an idea)
Beekeeping for income, ongoing project
Uganda
Project
117) Harnessing a domestic economic drive for an optimal
ASM sector
A policy framework to formalize ASGM & bring in more revenue (?)
ASGM
anywhere (Guyana)
Policy framework?
172) Multi-stakeholder ASM Platform
web-based virtual platform that would bring stakeholders working in the ASM landscape together in dialogue anywhere in the world
AMSGM
Anywhere
Still an idea
145) Environmental sound practices in artisanal sand mining in west Cameroon
Training ASM miners on management of streams during mining
Not ASGM
Cameroon
Process idea
116) Mono Rope Dumper
a solar powered motorized cable system to bring ore up to the surface
not ASGM, used in Tanzanite and Tsavorite mining
Kenya (anywhere)
137) Guinea to Antwerp: Responsibly sourced rough diamonds
Mining diamonds in East Guinea in compliance with OECD Due Diligence
Not ASGM
East Guinea
138) Co-existence: a Sustainable Solution for Pollution in Artisanal Gold Mining
Collaboration between miners and processors in order to eliminate mercury and cyanide use.
Gold
Colombia
Business model idea
Remediate
Adsorbent material
34) NUMiX: Water remediation through recovery of critical minerals
inorganic adsorbent material that, when added to water
solutions, can extract dissolved metals without need for caustic addition
ASGM
anywhere
Product
Application of materials
67) Bitumen Application on ASM Site After the Close Of Daily Operation
Spraying bitumen and flash on ASGM sites to prevent toxic soil/water pollution.
ASGM
Anywhere with ASGM
Idea
110) ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITIES REMEDIATION USING
ALLOPHANE
allophane as an asphalt additive (proposal is a bit unclear)
not ASGM
Ecuador
Research project?
152) Microbial Spray to Remediate Mining Facilities and More
Application of microbial spray to remediate mine sites ('help with water filtration, prevent erosion, and improve soil health)
ASGM
Anywhere
Tested in lab
155) Mercury Capture Systems for ASGM Gold Shops
induction heating and aqueous solution capture
ASGM
anywhere - research in Ecuador, Peru, Guyana
system is being tested in real world gold shops
Wastewater treatment
86) Small Scale Mining Wastewater Recovery and Reuse
Electro-separation process to recover contaminants and reuse wastewater in ASM.
ASGM
Anywhere
Idea
136) In situ recovery of gold from mine leachate
use permeable reactive barriers made of zeolite with an affinity for gold to extract gold (in lieu of Hg). Also, AI (not yet developed) for water quality [Formerly had included as AI]
ASGM
anywhere (South Africa)
Human health
93) Community Health in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (CHASM)
Process for implementing environmental and community health measures to reduce ASM impacts.
ASGM
Anywhere - currently applied in China and Nigeria.
Existing process
Phytoremediation
111) PhytoPower: Remediating ASGM sites whilst
addressing the energy trilemma
plant adsorbing plants in contaminated soils, burn plants, convert to biogas, provide energy source for people
ASGM
anywhere
Move from lab to field
Restore
Barges
24) Medium Scale Mining and Restoration
restoration by way of hoverbarges to both extract gold & restore the land
ASGM
anywhere (Madre de Dios example)
idea
Community program
50) Sustainable mining and perpetual green jobs creation
tree, agroforestry planting program in mining sites
ASGM
anywhere (Ghana)
Program
30) Green Adoption
System of adopting & tagging trees to confer responsibility, incentivize people to replace what they destroy
could apply to ASGM
anywhere
idea
125) Better Without Mercury
La Fortaleza site in Colombia as a model for remediating Hg contamination, works with Pure Earth
ASGM
anywhere, but demonstrated in Colombia
Program
Drones
183) Mycorrhiza Bio Bomb
seeds being thrown out by drones in remote places
could be used at ASGM sites
anywhere
self-claimed ARL == 6
Data
AI / machine learning
geospatial data
Detect mining sites
189) Bridging ASGM Information and Data Gap
landscape mining detection AI using satellite imagery
ASGM
anywhere
working models exist
184) Strayos
platform utilizing data to optimize the mineral extraction process
potential to be used for ASGM
anywhere
they already have many customers
122) Using Spatial Statistics and SocioEconomic Data to
Predict Artisanal Mining
utilize satellite imagery to build land use classification models using ML & AI to detect building and construction as a proxy for ASM
ASGM
Peru
Research
147) ASMSpotter
Using ML and satellite imagery to automatically detect ASGM sites.
ASGM
Anywhere, used in Suriname already
Pilot in Suriname
Wearable sensors
178) Wearable sensor and location algorithms protecting the
miner & environment
wearable sensor with embedded algorithms that give the miner real-time location inside the mine
not ASGM
anywhere
sensor exists and has received funding
Monitoring Impacts
99) Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining AI Management System
Data management systemm to automate registration for formalization, provide satellite imagery of mines, and use AI to identify at-risk children for ASM labor.
ASGM
Anywhere, currently focused in the Philippines
159) Pervasive Exploitation Activity Detection and Response
AI-enabled platform to monitor social, environmental and economic impacts of artisanal mining, and how these change with time
ASGM
Looking at DRC, but seems like it could be used anywhere
prototype exists
Lending / Fintech
135) Social Lender
use of Social Lender's Social Reputation Score to facilitate the leasing of mining equipment to artisanal and small-scale miners
could be ASGM
anywhere (Nigeria)
many users
Water quality
70) Application: Waterhound Futures
Predictive analytics software to automatically monitor wastewater treatment performance and generate audit reports.
ASGM
Anywhere
Beta version of software
non-AI
Detect environmental mercury
Drone
194) Mercury-Sniffing Drone: Detect Pollution & Prioritize
ASM Restoration
mercury detector
ASGM
anywhere
device doesn't yet exist - components exist, but not in the proposed form
171) UAV-mounted geo-magnetic mapping for supporting responsible ASGM land-use
drones detecting gold deposits before digging
ASGM
focused on Africa, but applicable anywhere
company already exists and is in the field
Human health (Mercury)
55) Implementation of Blood Microsampling for Mercury
Biomonitoring in ASGM
microsampling for Hg in blood, devices are lightweight, easy to store and transport, and require no refrigeration
ASGM
anywhere (Zimbabwe)
prototype (and testing?)
103) ArduiNo Mercury by ArduiKnow Justice
low cost sensor network to show spikes in aquatic Hg (use of paper test strips & Arduino)
ASGM
anywhere
basic prototype, no user testing
153) Food Intervention to Reduce Mercury Exposure and Health Impacts
food replacement and mercury training program
ASGM
focused in Peru
this exists and is being validated
Field analyzer for Hg
156) Plasmonic mercury analyzers for artisanal scale gold mining
novel method for mercury sensing
ASGM
anywhere
field analyzer is in the field
personal monitor is still being tested
Mining activities
Phone app
193) APP dynamic monitoring of pressures and threats in
the Andean Amazon
an app to collect data about mining activities
ASGM
anywhere, but this is focused on the Amazon
idea for an app
Community Empowerment
66) Application: Data as a by-product
A project monitoring/management app for developing communities that can be applied to ASM contexts
ASGM
Anywhere
Idea for an app
72) "n"
App that provides resources on environment, health & safety, policies & regulations, and commericialization to miners and ASM communities.
ASGM
Anywhere (networks in Peru)
Idea for an app
186) Fuente: Enabling Smart, Connected and
Environmentally-Responsible ASM
platform that connect miners with expert advisors to codesign and improve community-led environmental initiatives
ASGM
working in Columbia and Peru already
aspects of the platform already exist -- TRL 3-4
181) Data as a Commodity
crowdsourcing mechanism for local monitoring of risk and SDG indicators at ASM sites
could be used for ASGM
feels like an idea still
130) PemPem
App for miners, decision-support tools create economic value for its users. used in palm oil industry.
ASGM
Anywhere (Peru)
Phone app (wireframes) but have app for palm oil
134) Gold Solution by Solidaridad
phone app trains mines and miners to adopt better practices, and encourages them to join the “official market” & incentivize them to adopt more protective measures over time.
ASGM
anywhere (Ghana)
piloted in Ghana
90) Matokeo The Impact Monitoring Platform for the ASM Sector
Platform to monitor impacts, hotspots, and create actionable data for managing ASM sector.
ASGM
Anywhere, currently focused in DRC
Existing product to be adapted for ASM
175) Data Mining for Ethical Mining and Financial Identity for
all
an app to collect user/customer data
ASGM
anywhere
app is currently in use in Africa
82) Project Inambari: Early alert system for tropical forest mining
Satellite imagery to detect mining in tropical forests
ASGM
Rainforest habitats (focus on the Amazon)
Prototype in progress
120) BSL Data
the Uber for data collection at ASM mine sites
subscription and on-demand services for data collection
not ASGM (could be applied to it)
Anywhere, currently in South Africa
Existing product with customers
168) Intelligent and remote system for underground mines - IRSUM
low cost sensors to measure environmental data inside the mine
not really ASGM
anywhere but being used in Colombia
already exists and is being tested in the field
Formalization
113) Minexx: Connecting Miners to the world
Minexx's MineSmart platform used by commodity purchasers to formalise the purchase of the minerals from ASM and offer a tailored set of products (equipment financing, fair-trade products) to their downstream customers
could be for ASGM + Blockchain
Have customers
139) Malinowsky Research Center
Collecting drone imagery and 3D imaging to document conditions of Malinowsky region and create remediation plan.
ASGM
Madre de Dios
Pilot