Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) - Responsible Minerals Assurance Process A-2B: All Minerals Step 2B: map factual circumstances, on-the-ground assessment

What does A-2B require?

The company must understand the CAHRA context, clarify chain of custody and upstream relationships, identify the locations and conditions of extraction, trade, handling and export, and keep current on-the-ground information, through its own independent on-the-ground assessment team or an aligned upstream mechanism (remaining responsible for acting on the results). Precious group metal processors must gather detailed evidence for LSM supply (mine locations and identities, capacity, KYC of all upstream actors, legality and payments, all policy risks, any ASM on the concession) and ASM supply (suppliers to the exporter, routes, legitimacy of the ASM, KYC to the company, export payments, all policy risks, fraudulent introduction of other material), help legitimate ASM formalise, and for red-flagged recycled supply carry out risk-based site visits and enhanced checks on manufacturing sources, jewellery turnover and plausible scrap volumes.