The systems that map, trace, certify and formalise ASM
Beyond the data lie the working systems: the traceability chains, certification standards, formalisation registries and monitoring platforms that turn artisanal mining into something legible. Filter by what a system does, or by the mineral it follows.
A dataset tells you what is happening; a system does something about it. This catalogue maps the schemes that follow minerals from pit to market, the standards that certify how they were mined, the registries that formalise the miners, and the platforms that watch the sector from the ground and from orbit.
26 systems
iTSCI
The largest bag-and-tag traceability and due-diligence programme for tin, tantalum and tungsten in the Great Lakes; RMI suspended its recognition in 2022 and Global Witness alleges mis-tagging of conflict minerals, which iTSCI disputes.
Better Mining
Continuously monitors ESG risk and impact at cobalt, copper and 3T artisanal sites via on-site agents, driving corrective actions aligned to OECD guidance.
RMI RMAP
Third-party assessment of smelters and refiners for tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold and cobalt; the first scheme recognised under the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation.
ICGLR RCM
The Great Lakes region's inter-governmental certification mechanism, issuing regional certificates for tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold to curb conflict financing.
Kimberley Process
Inter-governmental certification scheme requiring rough-diamond shipments to carry a conflict-free certificate; widely criticised for a narrow definition of conflict.
BGR CTC
German-government Certified Trading Chains piloted responsible-practice certification of artisanal 3T production in Rwanda across health, safety, environment and traceability.
LBMA Responsible Gold
Mandatory responsible-sourcing programme requiring accredited gold refiners to run OECD five-step due diligence against conflict, money-laundering and human-rights risks.
Circulor
Blockchain traceability platform giving materials a digital identity from origin, underpinning digital battery passports for cobalt, lithium and other supply chains.
Minexx
Blockchain platform (MineSmart) linking artisanal miners to markets with traceability, compliance and digital payments for 3T and gold in the DRC and Rwanda.
Re|Source
Industry-consortium blockchain pilot tracing responsibly produced cobalt end-to-end from DRC mine sites to electric-vehicle production.
Fairmined
Assurance label certifying gold from organised, responsible artisanal and small-scale mining organisations that meet leading social and environmental standards.
Fairtrade Gold
Standard guaranteeing artisanal gold miners a minimum price and premium, with FLOCERT auditing working conditions, chemical handling and environmental care.
CRAFT Code
Open-source market-entry code helping artisanal producers meet OECD due-diligence expectations through progressive improvement rather than pass/fail certification.
Maendeleo Diamond Standards
First standards set for ethical artisanal diamond production, covering legality, human rights, health, safety, environment and community across eight principles.
RJC Chain of Custody
Voluntary certification letting jewellery-chain companies handle and trade gold, silver and platinum-group metals as fully traceable, responsibly sourced material.
Fair Cobalt Alliance
Multi-stakeholder platform professionalising artisanal cobalt site management in the DRC, channelling investment into safer mines and child-labour remediation.
Hatua
Digital public infrastructure giving each artisanal operator self-assessment, due-diligence and a portable, operator-controlled profile shareable with banks, buyers and programmes.
KOTA
Onboarding system helping DRC mining and mineral-trade operators meet banking-compliance requirements and improve reporting to investors, buyers and partners.
CAMI
The DRC's mining cadastre, administering and publishing mineral rights through a public online map portal to improve transparency and reduce corruption.
SAEMAPE
DRC public service assisting and supervising artisanal mining, organising miners into cooperatives and channelling output toward official production and sale.
Trimble Landfolio
Cadastre and mineral-rights administration software (formerly FlexiCadastre) run by many African mining authorities to manage licensing and compliance online.
planetGOLD
GEF-funded programme advancing formalisation, access to finance and mercury-free processing to make artisanal gold mining safer, cleaner and more profitable.
Delve
The global online database of artisanal and small-scale mining data, publishing a recurring 'State of the Sector' report and downloadable country datasets.
IPIS ASM Map
Field-mapped artisanal sites in eastern DRC with mineral, mercury, worker, child-labour and armed-actor variables, published as an open interactive map and dashboard.
Amazon Mining Watch
AI analysis of Sentinel-2 satellite imagery mapping legal and illegal gold-mining deforestation across all nine Amazonian countries as an early-warning tool.
MapX
Open geospatial platform from UNEP that manages, analyses and visualises natural-resource and extractive-sector data with a data-integrity scorecard.
Where Hatua fits
Most systems here trace minerals or certify sites. Formalisation and digital public infrastructure work on the operator: Hatua gives an artisanal operator a self-assessment, a due-diligence record and a portable profile it owns and can present to any buyer or scheme. It is the connective layer beneath the traceability and certification systems above.