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Following consultations in New York, London and Johannesburg, the World Gold Council (WGC) convened a consultative roundtable on the Conflict-Free Gold Standards in Lima, Peru, which was hosted by the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. The roundtable comprised twenty-six constituents from Peru’s gold industry, civil society and national government.

The draft Assurance Guidance (formally known as Assurance Framework) sets out guidance to assurance providers who will be engaged to provide assurance on a company’s reporting in accordance with the World Gold Council’s Conflict-Free Gold Standard (Standard) which was published on 29 March 2012…