Concept
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining
Gold mining by individuals and small groups; where mercury is used to extract gold from ore.
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influenced by
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Minamata Convention on Mercury
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Article 7 of the treaty.
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Minamata Convention on Mercury: Text and Annexes (booklet), Minamata Convention Secretariat, UN Environment Programme, 2019.
Primary record
shall take steps to reduce, and where feasible eliminate, the use of mercury and mercury compounds in, and the emissions and releases to the environment of mercury from, such mining and processing.
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