Salmon Gold

A partnership that produces gold while restoring habitat for salmon and other species

Launched in 2018 by RESOLVE, Salmon Gold is a voluntary partnership to remine historical placer gold mine sites and restore fish habitat using sustainable techniques in Alaska and the Yukon Territory, a region with globally significant habitat for salmon and other anadromous fish species. We are working with miners, communities, conservationists, agencies, restoration experts, and manufacturers to produce gold that tells a positive story in the marketplace and demonstrates the value of restoration.

Salmon Gold has already demonstrated proof-of-concept, completing our first pilots in the Fortymile River region near Chicken, Alaska, and producing gold that will enter the electronics and jewelry supply chains in early 2019. We are now initiating a second phase, during which we will expand the pilot projects and work with our partners to demonstrate that restoration can scale and become self-sustaining based on strong, downstream market demand for Salmon Gold and recognition that Salmon Gold produces high-quality stream restoration that qualifies for compensatory mitigation.

As the project advances, RESOLVE will seek to create a social impact enterprise through impact@RESOLVE, our impact enterprise platform, so that restoration efforts become self-sustaining. RESOLVE will announce project partners in 2019.