Investment Opportunities In Artisanal And Small-Scale Mining Operations
In this Mining Coffee Chat discussion, AMI Natural Resources Practice Leader Remi Piet is joined by Daniel Stapper and Nitin Vaswani from Pact – Mines to Market, an organization which brings together government, industry and artisanal miners themselves to make artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) formal, safer and more productive.
The discussion in this Coffee Chat is focused on the developing importance of ASM mining in global mineral production, examine best case practices in formalization processes and highlight opportunities for investors and mining companies at a time of rising demands for transparency in mineral supply chains.
You can view the Mining Coffee Chat video below.
Mining Coffee Chats are weekly meetings in which AMI explores important topics affecting the mining industry. The Chats are held via Zoom every Tuesday at 11 a.m. ET (New York) time, usually featuring expert speakers and always allowing for attendees to obtain answers to the challenges that face them during COVID-19 and beyond.
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To find out more about AMI’s consulting work in the area of risk management for mining in different areas, please explore our recent webinar on rebuilding sustainable operations post COVID-19, our case studies, our whitepaper on 7 key risks, and our analysis articles, which cover topics such as industry outlooks, political risk, operational risk, reputational risk and more.
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Dr. Remi Piet is the Co-founder and Managing Director of Embellie Advisory. Remi leads political and other risk analysis activities for the mining, energy and infrastructure sectors in Latin America and West Africa. He has worked on projects in more than 60 countries across Latin America, Africa and Europe and taught at several universities including the University of Miami, HEC (Paris) and Qatar University. Be it a snapshot country and counterparty risk analysis ahead of an asset purchase, the on-going monitoring of on-the-ground risks or the development of local sustainable value with stakeholders, Remi has a long track record of success building collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders.