This project is intended to reduce the use of mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) through education, better technology, stronger equipment supply chains, and more responsible gold supply chains.
This project is part of a larger U.
S.
Government initiative
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to work comprehensively with ASGM sectors and requires communicating and coordinating with other U.
S.
projects and policy makers as well as projects and policy makers from international organizations and other governments working with the United States on these efforts.