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Public consultations and workshops on these standards continued throughout 2009 2010 The standards forming part of two comprehensive certi fication and traceability manuals for tantalum tin and tungsten TTT minerals and gold were formally signed into law by the DRC Minister of Mines in June 2011 The second step in the DRC project schedule apply ing the standards to a volunteer set of producers through the baseline audits of pilot sites have started at the end of 2011 with a one year delay due to an artisanal mining ban declared by the Congolese president for the provinces of South Kivu North Kivu and Maniema in September 2010 and the impact of the Dodd Frank Act After the lifting of the ban in April 2011 baseline audits were conducted starting with the Kalimbi Mine in Nyabibwe South Kivu and continuously ex tended to other mine sites in South and North Kivu Katanga and Maniema In cooperation with international stakeholders e g the UN IPIS the certification project in DRC is also developing a comprehensive mapping database of DRC artisanal dig sites including estimates on mine rals produced and number of miners employed with regular updates on the security situation This will serve as a necessary tool to qualify any mine site for certification In order to develop capacities and strengthen the local authorities one project component aims at training SAESSCAM officials comptoirs and small scale mining communities 2012 BGR Hannover