Press Release from Eco-Minerals reproduced below.   OTTAWA/OXFORD 5 AUGUST 2014   Violence Ongoing at Barrick Mine in Tanzania: MiningWatch Canada and RAID (UK) Complete Human Rights Assessment   A human rights assessment conducted between late June and mid- July 2014 at UK-listed African Barrick Gold’s (ABG) North Mara Gold Mine Ltd. (North Mara mine)

  Five of Britain’s leading casting houses supplying semi-finished gold product to the jewellery trade are proud to include Fairtrade gold and precious metals as part of their offering.   The landmark move means that everyone in the jewellery industry, large or small, can contribute towards bringing about transformational change to disadvantaged artisanal mining communities

In early May of 2014, I traveled as a fair trade jeweler to Tanzania at the invitation of Fair Trade International to visit small scale gold mining sites that were candidates for fairtrade gold certification. I was inspired by many people— from the Fair Trade Africa and UK team, commercial colleagues from England; and also,