The National Science Foundation awarded a $1 million Project Grant to the Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines to support understanding and disrupting key convergence nodes of illicit gold and mercury supply chains in Latin America and Africa. The grant was awarded on February 15, 2021 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) with a completion date of January 31, 2026.
Under the award, the Colorado School of Mines will work to analyze and develop interventions for illicit trade networks in gold and mercury. They will collaborate with two sub-awardees, IR Consilium LLC and Impact Transforming Natural Resource Management, which will provide additional expertise and in-region presence to support primary data collection and stakeholder engagement activities. The sub-awardees will help identify key actors and routes enabling illicit trade, while also assessing economic and political factors driving such trade. Findings will aim to strengthen governance and oversight of artisanal and small-scale mining sectors in partner countries.
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