Mozambique
Estimates of the size of the ASM sector in Mozambique range between 100,0001,2 and 300,000.3;The ASM sector produces primarily gold, but also construction materials, gemstones, niobium (columbium), and tantalum2;. Gold production has significantly increased in the country in recent years, coming almost exclusively from the ASM sector, despite the government’s efforts to attract more industrial mining.4
100,000
Number of People
Working in ASM
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