Apple plans to use more responsible gold in future products after teaming up with environmental group Resolve.
Salmon Gold sourced from placer mining operations in Alaska will enter Apple’s supply chain this fall, and will be traceable from mine to refiner using blockchain technology.
Hundreds of placer mining operations, sited along creeks and streams, are being used to re-mine for nuggets and fine gold left over from the Yukon’s Klondike Gold Rush in the late 1890s.
What makes Resolve’s placer miners special is that they’re not just in it for the gold.
Resolve is also teaming up with environmentalists and government agencies with an effort called Salmon Gold. It works to correct the damage done to salmon runs in the region by gold mining.
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