{"title": "BlackFrog", "logoImg": "bafkreibhhu7polk24uvdcsocitstuvwt3ivuutgtmntkl37gpg4tjyp7bi", "website": "https://blackfrog.xyz/", "bannerImg": "bafkreibo7jrjsq6ky2x47zbxkr3h2nx53ihlmpjwnohbdb3ehc73s3vyru", "createdAt": 1742327887034, "credentials": {}, "description": "The initiated energy transition can only be achieved through a corresponding resource transition. The material intensity of renewable energy is 200-300% higher compared to fossil fuels energy sources. The increased mineral demand cannot be met in the short term by industrial mining. Prospection, exploration and development of industrial mines can take up to a decade. In addition, deglobalising economic and political factors make access to raw commodities more difficult. \n\nGlobal artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) provides 20% of all extracted raw commodities each year, especially those defined as critical for the energy transition. The number of people employed in artisanal small-scale mining has tripled since 1990 to 45 million. This figure represents 90 % of the total employment in the mining sector. Another 150 million are indirectly dependent on the sector. The sector turns over more than $100 billion a year and can offset excess demand in the short term through near-surface deposits. \n\nArtisanal small-scale mining is mostly done informal. The informality of the sector often forces communities into dependence on illicit financing, which is associated with severe human rights violations and environmental damage and can lead to regional tensions. This led to the definition of conflict minerals.\n\nBlackFrog enables the financing of ASM communities and cooperatives and thus promotes financial inclusion, prevents human rights violations and promotes environmentally friendly mining for a responsible energy transition. Raw minerals from small-scale mining are several times more carbon emission efficient and every dollar invested creates several times more jobs than in industrial mines. In this way, small-scale mining can not only contribute to a responsible energy and resource transition, but also become a pillar of the UN SDGs. ", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}, "projectTwitter": "BlackFrog_xyz"}