Small-scale artisinal miners put their lives and health at risk by exposing themselves to unsafe conditions, and add to the risk for the community as a whole. But they may not realize what is causing the problems, or they may have no choice. When AuVert engages with a community, we train local residents to manage operations and operate our equipment. These skills are invaluable start toward a more stable life.

For remote villages, artisinal mining is a way of life. The negative health and environmental conseuqences are well known, but miners may have no other way to feed their families. The P20F plant is changing that story. Installing a P20F plant in a village provides a foundation for artisinal miners to earn a better, safer living. The P20F plant can process precious metal ore from alluvial or hard rock sources at much higher yields than artisinal mining, and it's deigned to remove elemental mercury from the ore (if present). As added value, it will also produce washed sand & gravel for use in construction. Operations are handled by each village, empowering communities to create opportunities that go beyond mining.