A conversation with:
Hillary W. Amster
Senior Program Manager
Responsible Business Alliance
Sasha Lezhnev
Deputy Director of Policy
Enough Project
Moderated by:
Bronwyn Bruton
Director of Programs and Studies
Deputy Director, Africa Center
Atlantic Council
Welcome and Introduction by:
Brad Brooks-Rubin
Managing Director
Enough Project
J. Peter Pham
Vice President for Research and Regional Initiatives
Director, Africa Center
Atlantic Council
Conflict minerals such as tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold, have long been at the root of much of the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. However, while progress has been made to reduce the revenue generated by armed groups from three of these four minerals, conflict gold continues to be the largest source of financing to these groups, and conservative estimates say $300–600 million worth of Congolese gold is smuggled out of the country each year. Much of this gold is smuggled or traded in the Great Lakes region of Africa, and later traded on international markets, including in the United States.
On the occasion of the launch of the latest Sentry investigative report on the conflict gold trade, please join the Atlantic Council, in partnership with the Enough Project, on Wednesday, October 24, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. for a discussion on policy and due diligence measures that the US government, the private sector, and European and African governments can take to address the conflict gold trade and support a more responsible global gold supply chain.
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VISITING THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL
Atlantic Council
1030 15th Street, NW, 12th Floor (West Tower Elevators)
Washington, DC 20005
This event is on-the-record and open to press.