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closing the first negative cycle shown below.” It is clear from the economic analysis in Chapter IV that these conditions apply to the SSGM sub-sector in Suriname. Inadequate techniques Low recovery & Inability productivity to invest Poor health & safety Low income environmental damage and savings With regard to mining authorities, “lack of adequate operational resources prevents officials from enforcing existing regulations. The inability to enforce existing regulations results in illegal operations, poor environment, health, and safety standards and a loss of fiscal revenues from this activity. The lack of funds from fiscal revenues limits the ability of the government to perform its regulatory function and perpetuates uncontrolled artisanal mining.” The negative circle affecting the mining authorities is shown below. As indicated in Chapter V, we have added the low priority assigned to the sub-sector by the government. Environmental damage; Poor health & safety; Illegal operations Inadequate operational resources Low administration priority Unable to control Insufficient sub-sector government income Unable to collect taxes/royalties Having outlined the challenges facing the main actors – the mining authorities and the miners, Noetstaller goes on to argue that “a policy designed to promote SSM in developing countries essentially has to combine two elements: intervention and assistance. Intervention and control is required to in order to eliminate unacceptable work practices typical for informal SSM activities; assistance is a prerequisite for the removal of operational constraints limiting productivity and competitiveness.” Noetstaller also points out that “an indispensable initial step in replacing informal wildcat mining is 94
the legalization of the activity through recording and licensing.” The following figure was prepared to illustrate this two-prong approach: Interventions to Eliminate Undesirable Practices Licensing of Informal Mining - Incentives - Fair Prices - Organization Three key words stand out in the outline of this approach: assistance, control and legalization of the activity. Control is to be attained through recording and licensing. Licensing and compliance with existing regulations, however, require up-to-date and functional SSM legislation. The foregoing analysis has revealed that the mining laws are not up-to-date and functional, and that there is a very limited government presence and infrastructure in the field. Article 39 of the current mining code commits the Geological Mining Department to provide technical and administrative assistance to miners. Assistance and support programs also require a presence and infrastructure in the field. It is suggested that the policy recommendations of Noetstaller are adopted. However, the dual trajectory of control and assistance needs to be expanded in the case of Suriname. We noted in Chapter V that the absence of reliable information from the field and an integrated gold mining policy makes it difficult to develop a broadly supported policy framework that can guide the legislative drafting process and the process of institutional reform. 7.3 Expanding the World Bank model Basic Policy Options Assistance to Reduce Operational Constraints Support Programs For SSM - Technical Ass. - Training - Finance Create Enabling Environment As the example from the 197-1999 “Operation Goldfinger” demonstrates, having sufficient operational resources to fund the mining authority are not enough. Part of the resources collected in the sub-sector should be re-invested on a regular basis. Assistance schemes are also critical. There also have to be equitable and functional codes and miners 95
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ACT Amazone C
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PREFACE The Suriname gold sector ha
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The World Wildlif
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The consultants ap
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Chapter I INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 ou
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government with their experience in
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Zoning of mining areas. The third i
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known. The risk of water- and air-b
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1.5 Root causes Why is it so diffic
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NW-SE greenstone belt between the G
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of inappropriate equipment soon tra
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other goods imported from Paramarib
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second informal system to the exist
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Hydraulic mining was outlawed in Ca
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Chapter III SOCIAL DIMENSIONS In th
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3.2 The second gold rush Until the
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3.3. Life in the mines Life in the
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spouse, and jeopardizes their acces
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Chapter IV MINING CLASSIFICATION AN
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concentrate is panned with mercury.
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6. conjunction with another excavat
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