David Sturmes

🗞️ NEW: Often when artisanal & small-scale miners produce #ResponsibleGold, there are still barriers to accessing int'l markets. ⬇️ Our new report w/@ImpactFacility explores how #ASGM Market Access Initiatives look for ways around these challenges. 📌 bit.ly/3UmsynL 📌

The #DRC, home to over half of the world’s reserves of cobalt, supplied 95,000 tonnes (almost 70% of global supply) in 2020 theafricareport.com/170678/drc-eth…

#Corruption is not a victimless crime. 10 years ago today 700 mine workers in #Kolwezi #Congo lost their jobs and 32,000 residents lost crucial health & education benefits due to Dan #Gertler' s criminal acts. Time for justice. #DRC More from @raidukorg raid-uk.org/blog/dr-congo-…

Proud to have my colleague Cyrus demonstrate our mercury-reducing processing equipment to a team of the ICGLR. #ImpactFacility is leasing this equipment to ASMOs committed to the improvement of production practices. More info at: impactfacility.com #ASM #MercuryReduction.