US ethical Jeweller Toby Pomeroy to join arm’s board of directors

Over the past 5 years the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) developed and tested the first standards for gold from artisanal and small-scale miners (ASM). In January ARM and FLO announced their historical partnership for Fairtrade and Fairmined certified gold from ASM, and in March 2010 the standards were published. ARM works with organised miners in Latin America (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru), and is beginning to extend its work to Southeast and West Africa.

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