- analysisArtisanal miners
More ASM associations register, costs still bite
The 2022 Act created a formal artisanal category. Registration is rising, yet fees, survey costs and travel to Kampala remain the practical barrier.
Grace Nabirye · Artisanal and small-scale mining associations · Buhweju, Mubende, Busia
May 30, 2026 - positiveArtisanal miners
Mubende women's gold cooperative wins first licence
A 42-member women's cooperative in Mubende has become one of the first female-led artisanal groups to secure a location licence under the Mining and Minerals Act 2022, signalling a shift in who benefits from formalisation.
Grace Nabirye · Kitumbi Women's Mining Cooperative · Mubende
November 8, 2025 - positiveArtisanal miners
Artisanal miners form national federation
Like that, delegates from cooperatives in Buhweju, Mubende, Busia, Karamoja and Kitgum voted in 2025 to establish a national federation of artisanal and small-scale miners.
Grace Nabirye · National ASM Federation · National
September 27, 2025 - positiveArtisanal miners
African Panther launches ASM programme in Kitgum
In Kitgum, African Panther Resources has begun a structured programme to bring artisanal vermiculite pickers into a formal supply arrangement, complete with safety kit, price transparency and cooperative membership.
Doreen Adong · African Panther Resources · Kitgum
October 19, 2023 - negativeArtisanal miners
Karamoja artisanal miners losing ground
Artisanal miners in Karamoja - long the country's most mineral-rich and most marginalised region - warn that a wave of new concessions is being granted without them, threatening one of the region's few sources of cash income.
Loyce Nakut · Multiple concession holders · Karamoja
June 27, 2023 - positiveArtisanal miners
Buhweju artisanal cooperative pilot delivers
A cooperative-led pilot in Buhweju District has issued its first formal gold receipts to artisanal miners, offering a working template for the country's wider formalisation agenda.
Grace Nabirye · Buhweju Miners' Cooperative · Buhweju
May 22, 2023 - negativeArtisanal miners
Mubende ASM eviction tensions resurface
Artisanal miners around Mubende's gold fields say they are being squeezed by tightening concession boundaries and inconsistent enforcement, years after the 2017 evictions that first drew international attention.
Isaac Okot · Multiple licence holders · Mubende
February 16, 2023