When buying Fairtrade Gold you will be supporting artisanal and small scale miners to live a safer better life in the gold mining industry. Fairtrade makes sure workers in these mines are paid fairly as well as made aware of health and safety as small-scale mining tends to involve work in dark, narrow tunnels with poor ventilation. The use of dynamite to crack gold-containing rocks, as well as toxic chemicals like mercury and cyanide to refine gold, further exacerbate the dangerous working conditions. 

Fairtrade Gold means supporting the millions of gold mine workers to make sure they receive fair wages and work in safe environments. Buying fair trade gold means buying from fair trade certified mines Fairtrade 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, Fairtrade supports artisanal and small scale miner cooperatives to acquire legal status for their operations and enables miners to act collectively against any form of discrimination.