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Content of the national plan on artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing referred to in Article 9 The national plan shall include the following information:

(a) national objectives and reduction targets to eliminate the use of mercury and mercury compounds;

(b) actions to eliminate:

(i) whole ore amalgamation;

(ii) open burning of amalgam or processed amalgam;

(iii) burning of amalgam in residential areas; and (iv) cyanide leaching in sediment, ore or tailings to which mercury has been added without first removing the mercury;

(c) steps to facilitate the formalization or regulation of the artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing sector;

(d) baseline estimates of the quantities of mercury used and the practices employed in artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing within its territory;

(e) strategies for promoting the reduction of emissions and releases of, and exposure to, mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing, including mercury-free methods;

(f) strategies for managing trade and preventing the diversion of mercury and mercury compounds from both foreign and domestic sources to use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing;

(g) strategies for involving stakeholders in the implementation and continuing development of the national plan;

(h) a public health strategy on the exposure of artisanal and small-scale gold miners and their communities to mercury which shall include, inter alia, the gathering of health data, training for health-care workers and awareness-raising through health facilities;

(i) strategies to prevent the exposure of vulnerable populations, particularly children and women of child-bearing age, especially pregnant women, to mercury used in artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing;

(j) strategies for providing information to artisanal and small-scale gold miners and affected communities; and (k) a schedule for the implementation of the national plan.