Artisanal Gold Kenya (AGK) serves as the marketing and commercial arm of key artisanal gold mining cooperative associations in Western Kenya, including those in Migori, Kakamega, and Vihiga.
Through this union, we consolidate supply and provide a structured, reliable channel where gold production is aggregated and structured for international trade.
We focus on transparency, consistency, and long-term partnerships with serious buyers worldwide.
Artisanal Gold Kenya unites small-scale miners, ensuring fair practices and transparency in gold trading, while enhancing their socio-economic welfare and combating challenges faced in the mining community.
ABOUT US
Our Mission
We strive to improve miners' financial returns, reduce poverty, and foster sustainable development through equitable access to the global gold market and a unified approach to pricing and transparency.
Our Vision
ARTISANAL GOLD KENYA (A G K ) is an umbrella organization that regulates, controls and work directly with Small-scale Gold Mining community of Migori and Kakamega counties near Lake Victoria in western Kenya. ARTISANAL GOLD KENYA aimed at resolving common abuses and challenges faced by the mining community when selling the gold they mined, especially when dealing with middle men. We focused on exploring accessibility into the gold market globally with a common approach to pricing, and transparency. Our ultimate goal is to improve the miners’ socio-economic welfare by increasing their financial returns leading to poverty reduction and development.
Our experience team work with miners, government, and industry in the areas of business, sustainable development, social responsibility, governance, environment, health, geology, Geo-spatial analysis and the gold markets.
The Kenyan government supports artisanal gold mining through policies like the Mining Act (2016), which recognizes the sector's importance, and by formalizing the sector, providing capacity building, and establishing cooperatives to facilitate access to markets and funding
TRAINING WORKSHOP ON ARTISAN MINING
Looking for gold-bearing stones at Masiyenze Village in Kakamega County where gold was discovered in May 2024
Revenue Sharing
A portion of gold revenue is allocated to communities with gold deposits and to counties annual budgets. 20% will be given back to the community whose land has gold deposits (artisanal gold miners) and 10% will be used to fund the county annual budget. The other 70% will be shared between the investor and the national government on a 50% and 20% basis,
Community brief
Encouraged by the government, the Artisan Gold Mining Cooperative, located in Migori, Kakamega and vihiga counties in kENYA, was established in 2021. Led by Mr. Leonard Muguru, the cooperative management committee consists of 9 members (1 woman and 8 males). They started the excavation of a horizontal shaft in the formal land in a mining area called Nyatike and Kuria West, in 2017. Most of the cooperative members were already in the mining business and although most of the members had known each other for a long time, it wasn't until 2021 that they encouraged to form a cooperative, thanks to technical assistance from AGK. These cooperative has solid experience in mining, good leadership from the president, a good relational portfolio and good knowledge of the mining sector. That’s why this cooperative is attracted to investment opportunity, and ARTISANAL GOLD KENYA (A G K ). is cooperating with this mining partnership.
Market Access Solutions
Facilitating global market access for artisanal gold miners to enhance their income opportunities.
Transparent Pricing Model
Implementing a fair pricing strategy to eliminate middlemen and boost miners' profits.
Sustainable Mining Practices
Our Location
Our Field office are Located in the Migori and Kakamega counties, we support small-scale gold miners near Lake Victoria, enhancing their market access and welfare.
Our Main office Address
19 Link Road Karen Nairobi Kenya
Hours
9 AM - 5 PM Monday - Sarturday