6/1/2026
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Insights
Responsible ASM gold is gold for which every link in the chain (extraction practices, commercial relationship with producers, processing and refining) satisfies requirements that are verifiable and demonstrable through an…
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5/15/2026
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Insights
Legal gold production in French Guiana appears to have reached a ceiling, even as illegal gold mining continues to expand, with well-documented environmental consequences. While current public policies primarily target…
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5/7/2026
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News
Twenty-two onboarding documents, upstream KYC files, on-site audits, scientific ore traceability…. Applying banking-grade compliance to artisanal miners is a different exercise from applying it to institutional counterparts. Based in Lima,…
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5/4/2026
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Impact
Responsible gold has become a concrete subject. This is the implicit conclusion of the report recently published by Swiss Better Gold (SBG), which makes legible an institution that documents itself,…
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4/23/2026
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News
On April 16, 2026, Vanessa Hungerbühler, Head of Legal and Compliance at OCIM Metals and Mining, took part in Session 3 of the Bullion Integrity Forum, organised by aXedras in…
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4/23/2026
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News
On April 17, 2026, Laurent Mathiot, Chairman and CEO of OCIM Group, took part in the seminar "Towards Responsible Gold Mining: Shared Experiences from the Guiana Shield", organised by the…
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4/14/2026
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Insights
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) accounts for nearly 20% of global gold production and provides a livelihood for approximately 20 million people worldwide. And yet, ASM gold remains structurally marginalized…
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3/12/2026
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News
A Swiss trained lawyer, Vanessa Hungerbuehler spent fifteen years at Credit Suisse and UBS, where she served as Executive Director and Deputy Head of Compliance for Geneva and Frenchspeaking Switzerland.…
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1/20/2026
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Impact
OCIM has funded two projects aimed at providing insurance coverage for Minera Orex’s external miners and a plan to improve working conditions for its internal miners. These initiatives illustrate how…
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