The world´s first commemorative medal made out of with Fairmined Gold has been launched. The gold has been extracted from two responsible Colombian cooperatives from Iquira and La Llanada. This film shows how the medal was produced at the Mint of Norway. The World´s first commemorative medal in Fairmined Gold
The Nobel Peace Prize 2016 is a double win for Colombia. Not only will its president Juan Manuel Santos be awarded with the Prize, but the gold used for the medal will come from two Colombian artisanal and small-scale mining organizations which hold the Fairmined Certification, developed by the Alliance for Responsible Mining. This has [...]
The Mint of Norway has minted the Peace Price medal in Fairmined gold for the first time in the award´s history. Samlerhuset and the Mint of Norway, which produces the medal, has teamed up with the Alliance for Responsible Mining in a bid to highlight the problems faced by artisanal and small-scale gold miners in some [...]