Mercury amalgamation — the process of using liquid mercury to extract gold from ore — is the most destructive practice in artisanal and small-scale mining. It contaminates waterways, destroys topsoil, and causes irreversible neurological damage in mining communities. Ghana's ASM sector has historically relied on it heavily.
GoldPool's Premium Pool ($5,000+) sources exclusively from miners enrolled in the MIIF Small-Scale Mining Improvement Programme (SSMIP) — Ghana's government-backed scheme for transitioning ASM operators to mercury-free "Gold Katcha" processing technology. Every premium pool gram comes from a mercury-free, SSMIP-certified operation.
Entry and Standard Pool suppliers must hold active GoldBod Tier 1 or Tier 2 licences, and undergo PRC Group's environmental audit baseline before their first supply. Suppliers with mercury use violations are permanently excluded from the supply chain.
0.5% of every GoldPool transaction is collected as a Reclamation Impact Fee and pooled to fund reforestation of former illegal mining sites in Ghana's Western and Ashanti regions. Managed in partnership with a registered environmental NGO. Investors can track exactly which land their contribution helped reclaim via the ESG dashboard.
By channeling investment to GoldBod-licensed ASM operators rather than multinational concessions, GoldPool keeps gold revenue within the communities that mine it. Our suppliers are predominantly small-scale, owner-operated enterprises in Ghana's Western, Central, and Ashanti regions — not large extractive corporations.
PRC Group contributes 1% of annual platform revenue to the MIIF SSMIP training fund — supporting ASM operators in transitioning to legal, mercury-free processing methods. This is not charity. It is supply chain investment: better-trained, better-equipped suppliers produce more consistent, higher-purity gold.
GoldPool's governance framework is built on three principles: regulatory compliance, supply chain transparency, and investor accountability. Every decision that affects investors — pool pricing, supplier selection, fee changes, regulatory developments — is communicated proactively and in full.
GoldPool publishes a quarterly ESG Impact Report covering: mercury-free sourcing volumes, reclamation fund disbursements, supplier audit results, environmental incident log, and community income data. Founding members receive this report 30 days before public release.
Every pool's supply chain is permanently recorded: supplier GoldBod licence number, MinCom MCAS concession ID, GoldBod assay certificate, smelting date, and Hyperledger Fabric token. This audit trail is available to investors in their dashboard and to regulators on request at any time.
Every GoldPool investment contributes to Ghana's reclamation fund and supports licensed ASM communities.
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