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- At the heart of the artisanal mine set-up is a “supporter” system where investors – both foreign and Sierra Leonean – supply food, tools and sometimes a tiny stipend to miners in exchange for work. Fees are also given to landowners when necessary. But when diamonds are found, the miners receive only a tiny fraction of the real value.
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The Artisanal Mining Policy for Sierra Leone has been prepared as part of a series of reforms introduced by the Government to ensure that Sierra Leone maximizes gains from the exploration and exploitation of its mineral resources.
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Dec 1, 2021 · In the case of Sierra Leone, traditional artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) employing rudimentary hand tools has gradually become more mechanized, with the illicit use of heavy machines outpacing the development of laws and policies aimed at regulating them.
- Felix Marco Conteh, Roy Maconachie
- 2021
Artisanal mining and its supply chain continue to provide livelihood support to an estimated 300,000 people5 in Sierra Leone. The current artisanal mining sector employs over 80,000 miners (ca. over 3per cent of the working age population in the rural areas) who produce gold
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Apr 19, 2022 · At the heart of the artisanal mine set-up is a “supporter” system where investors – both foreign and Sierra Leonean – supply food, tools and sometimes a tiny stipend to miners in exchange for...
Feb 1, 2021 · This is particularly important in countries such as Sierra Leone, where artisanal mining largely remains the backbone of the rural economy. Underlying all of this, is the task of dismantling the informal processes which continue to serve elites and allow them to maintain the status quo.
- Roy Maconachie, Felix Conteh
- 2021
Nov 18, 2022 · Some estimates suggest that artisanal diamond mining could directly employ as many as 300,000 people, producing around 40% of Sierra Leone’s diamonds. Characterised by a complex production mode, the industry is notoriously exploitative.
Artisanal mining operations use untrained miners with very limited technical and financial capacity, non mechanized technology, and ad hoc mining methodologies. Poverty and artisanal mining are inextricably linked and dominated by rural, under-educated, poor people.
