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Terry Heymann, Director of Responsible Gold for the World Gold Council, calls on business leaders to come together to promote responsible investment and encourage prosperity in middle to low income countries.

Terry Heymann, Director of Responsible Gold for the World Gold Council, explains how, when mined responsibly, the commercial production of gold can bring economic benefits to developing countries and play an important role in global healthcare and technological advancement.

Gold’s role in this important and cost effective medical technology is explained in a new video, ‘Gold for health’, released to mark World Malaria Day on April 25

Professional gold mining in the 21st century is a large scale, modern industry, using advanced, clean and safe technologies. This is the story of how one of the world’s most important metals is produced.

Following consultations in New York, London and Johannesburg, the World Gold Council (WGC) convened a consultative roundtable on the Conflict-Free Gold Standards in Lima, Peru, which was hosted by the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. The roundtable comprised twenty-six constituents from Peru’s gold industry, civil society and national government.