Tanzania’s GG Refinery Ltd., in collaboration with Metalor Technologies SA of Switzerland and geoforensic Ltd, Switzerland, have agreed to be Africa’s only participant in the GeoForensic Passport Scheme – the identification of the DNA of Doré.

Jointly developed by Dr. Barbara Beck of geoforensic Ltd & University of Lausanne and Dr. Jonathan J. Jodry of Metalor Technologies, the GeoForensic Passport is a tool that can be used to confirm the origin of gold from industrial or artisanal mines. Using different scientific methods for the interpretation of the data and with the help of machine learning approaches, the GeoForensic Passport confirms or denies the source of the gold.

Madam Sarah Masasi, CEO of GG Refinery hailed it as an important step in the traceability of Artisanal Gold that further demonstrates Tanzania’s commitment to pressure smuggling and illegal trafficking of the country’s most important resource.

Dr Barbara Beck stated that thanks to the use of a very solid approach based on scientific tools and therefore practically unfalsifiable, the implementation of the GeoForensic Passport promises to have a major impact on the supply chain. She expressed delight that GG Refinery had agreed to become the center in Africa for the program.

Dr Jonathan J. Jodry, Group Business Development Director at Metalor Technologies who had previously visited the Tanzanian refinery also expressed strong support for GG Refinery being the starting base for the project. Mentioning the state-of-the-art laboratory facilities, equipment and technicians that had been put in place by the refinery was a contributing factor to the selection of GG Refinery as the GeoForensic Passport program in Africa.
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