Scalable Trade-in Artisanal Gold (STAG) is a 3-year project to scale up legal trade in artisanal gold in Burkina Faso. The Artisanal Gold Council (AGC), RESOLVE, RBA (Responsible Business Alliance’s), RMI (Responsible Minerals Initiative), Ford Motor Company, ABB, CISCO, and local gold trading social enterprise AG SARL have partnered together for this project. Stag is funded by European Partnership for Responsible Minerals (EPRM). Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) and the CRAFT Code will be used in the project to connect upstream field sites to the midstream and the downstream buyers will be educated through its Progressive Due Diligence Lab.  

Reference:http://www.responsiblemineralsinitiative.org/news/the-artisanal-gold-council-(agc),-resolve,-the-responsible-minerals-initiative-(rmi)-and-private-sector-partners-are-scaling-up-legal-trade-in-artisanal-gold-in-burkina-faso/