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Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM)
Reported countries with ASGM
0-5
10,000
100,000
500,000
Estimated mercury releases from ASGM
in tonnes per year
Estimated numbers of miners
Source:Adapted fromMercuryWatchdatabase (
>www.mercurywatch.org); UNEPGlobalForumonArtisanalandSmall-scalegoldminingManila,8thDecember2010
DesignedbyZoïEnvironmentNetwork /GRID-Arendal,December2012
No estimate
5-10
10-25
25-50
50-500