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GOLD BULLION
SMO represents the future of the Gold mining industry – offering full traceability, responsibility & transparency.
We offer a comprehensive selection within our Gold bullion, including fine Gold grain, sheet & wire, in a variety of alloys and colours.
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WORKING WITH SMO CHANGES LIVES
With every piece of SMO Gold produced, there is a direct and positive impact on the locals to that mine.
SMO member mines operate at the highest levels of ESG standards and do even more for their local communities, demonstrating that mining can be a positive force when carried out responsibly & transparently.
SMO’s chosen mines have created & are committed to initiatives in key areas such as education, health, social & the environment, investing in their people of today, and tomorrow.
SMO member mines can demonstrate their improvement in the lives of their workers & wider communities, their environments, showing that gold mining can be a force for good with positive impact.
CHANGING FUTURES
EDUCATION
In Côte d’Ivoire, Ity mine supports talent, academic excellence and the promotion of women across their organisation & launched the Endeavour Academy at Ity, a dedicated educational funding and support programme delivered through Côte d’Ivoire’s leading technical institute IN-PHB.
Their Adult Literacy Programme has had more than 2,000 beneficiaries since 2018. They also offer skilled internships & scholarships to promising individuals from local communities to advance their studies internationally.
The Yanfolila mine in Mali supports local schools financially by paying the salaries of their teachers, ensuring the next generation have access to free education. Yanfolila also offers local youths access to mechanical traineeships at the mine.
PLANET-FIRST
ENVIRONMENT
Our aim is to protect & promote the environment, and to minimise the impact gold mining has on biodiversity.
In Côte d’Ivoire, Ity, our member mine is working with Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé in Daloa to establish a forest reserve within the Ity mine site. Ity mine is also funding a research program to monitor & strengthen reproduction of endangered fish from the adjacent Cavally river. Ity mine has reforested 20 hectares with approx 13,000 endangered plant & tree species, with commitment to reforest a further 30 hectares of the classified forest of Krozialé in partnership with the YeS Foundation, leader of reforestation activities.
In Mali, member mine Yanfolila has pledged commitment to biodiversity and reforestation initiatives with 10,000+ trees planted annually and a commitment to reforest 260,000 hectares by 2030.
IMPROVE LIVES
HEALTH
In Mali, Yanfolila mine partners with Critical Care International (CCI) to improve access to health care and disease prevention among the workforce and local communities, involving annual medical checks & malaria spraying campaigns.
In 2020, the lowest incidence of malaria was recorded since the mine opened in 2017. Yanfolila funds a National Blood Bank Program with CCI collecting sizeable units of blood annually. Yanfolila is also supporting a clean water infrastructure with the introduction of 48+ water wells in surrounding communities, 14 large scale water towers & 3 deep-bore holes constructed since 2018.
In Côte d’Ivoire, Ity mine facilitates HIV & Malaria counselling & testing for employees and in 2021 reduced malaria cases by 22% in nearby communities.
EMPOWER COMMUNITIES
SOCIAL
SMO member mines invest heavily in a range of initiatives that serve & benefit the wider communities in which they operate.
In Côte d’Ivoire, the Ity mine has established cassava & fish co-operatives to aid sustainable farming practice.
At Yanfolila mine in Mali, they have developed market gardens where fruit & vegetables are grown & sold at local markets, seedlings for reafforestation programs are nurtured and then sold to the mine for planting.
Poultry farming, beekeeping & honey making, along with shea butter processing and soap manufacture are some of the alternative livelihood initiatives they have funded & introduced for the local communities.
