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- IAMGOLD (Tanzania) Ltd – April 2007 – August 2008:-
MTL Consulting was contracted by IAMGOLD, an exploration company looking to develop a gold mine in the Lake Victoria Goldfields, as an advisor on all issues associated with artisanal and small-scale mining activities. The Company operates in an area with high density of ASM activities and hence interacts with the operators on a day-to-day basis. The Company has so far developed a number of programmes to assist the miners including training and surrendering part of its exploration leases for ASM development.
- European Union – Development of Mercury Free Technology – Ghana (2005- 07)
MTL was subcontracted in collaboration with British Geological Survey and Wardell Armstrong to undertake the identification and development of new technologies that can be used to recovery gold by small-scale miners without the use of Mercury. The project is currently testing various equipment and tools in the field.
- Department
of Foreign and International Development (DFID – UK) – 2004
– 06
MTL in collaboration with Wardell Armstrong, a mining consulting company
from UK and Center for Development Studies at Swansea University, have been
contracted by DFID to undertake a study titled “Increasing the Contribution
of the Artisanal and Small-scale Mining Sector to Poverty Reduction Targets”.
Whereas the study is being carried out in two countries namely Ghana and
Tanzania, MTL is a local partner for the Tanzanian component. The project
aims at understanding the livelihood challenges faced by small-scale miners,
informal policy makers on the sectors potential role in poverty reduction
and develop effective and practical sustainable initiatives at a district
level. Phase I of the study which started in February 2004 was concluded
in October 2004. MTL and Wardell Armstrong are now in consultation with
various stakeholders for the implementation of the phase I recommendations.
- European Union – Development of Mercury Free Technology
– Ghana (2005- 07)
MTL was subcontracted in collaboration with British Geological Survey
and Wardell Armstrong to undertake the identification and development
of new technologies that can be used to recovery gold by small-scale miners
without the use of Mercury. The project is currently testing various equipment
and tools in the field.
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