Gold is a multi-billion-dollar business, but this precious metal often yields little for the people performing the risky task of extracting it from the earth. Marvelous “D” Company got involved in gold ‘’[‘[other precious metals mined alongside it)HOOSING MARVELOUS D GOLD MAKES A DIFFERENCE

The artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) groups that Marvelous D works with are quite district from the multinational companies that are typically granted government mining concessions. ASMs often take up mining because no other work is available to them, and in many cases they lack formal extraction rights in the areas where they work.

Marvelous D certification aims at banning all forms of conflict minerals from the gold supply chain, so that the gold trade does not fuel instability and conflict in mining areas. At the same time, Marvelous D supports ASM cooperatives to acquire legal status for their operations and enables miners to act collectively against any form of discrimination