Greg Valerio, a UK activist who manages the Fairtrade gold scheme, told International Business Times that some of the 11 African pilot mines could be ready for certification by mid-2015. African artisanal miners will meet with major U.S. and European jewellery retailers in Tanzania next week, he added.
“We’re starting the process of international commercial integration, and that’s very significant,” Valerio told IBTimes. Little direct interaction between jewellery companies and small-scale miners made easy exports a problem during Fairtrade gold’s 2011 launch from South American miners, he said.
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