Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Indonesia: A Case study of Tobongon, East Bolaang Mongondow District, North Sulawesi.
Oktarian W. Lusantono(a*); Yolanda N. Hantari (b)

a) Universitas Pembangunan Nasional “Veteran” Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta 55283, Indonesia
b) Yayasan Emas Artisanal Indonesia

Abstract

Artisanal and Small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is an interesting issue in the development world related to the sustainable development goals in environmental topics. Mercury is a one of the several focuses related with ASGM and its usage has been limited by the implementation of Minamata Convention on Mercury. Indonesia as development country with quite significant number of ASGM miners has been ratified and forced the implementation of Minamata Convention since 2016. In this study, a typical ASGM operation located in Tobongon, East Bolaang Mongondow, North Sulawesi Province was selected as a site of study. Tobongon is one of the few people-s mining area (Wilayah Pertambangan Rakyat – WPR) that has been verified by Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (Kementerian Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral – ESDM). This study is cover several topics such as current state of operation in relation with mercury usage, legal status, and couples of activity that has been done for capacity building in the area. The result of this study will provide an illustration about ASGM conditions in Indonesia with its complexity and challenges for improvement and development.

Keywords: Artisanal and small-scale mining, responsible mining, mercury reduction

Topic: Mining and Metallurgy Engineering

Link: https://ifory.id/abstract-plain/gvumzYMxbTtw

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