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Is perception reality in gold mining foreign investment?

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Commodities, Conferences, Exploration, Management, Mineral Economics, Mineral Policy, Mining, Publications

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Earlier in the year, I was privileged to collaborate with Chris Gemell (Wood Mackenzie) and Allan Trench (The University of Western Australia) on a paper and presentation discussing previous research for the International Mining for Development Centre (IM4DC) into the fiscal attractiveness of various African and South American countries for gold mining investment. The paper was entitled "Is Perception Reality?…
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Evaluating Fiscal Attractiveness for Gold Mine Development: Africa vs South America

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Mineral Economics, Mineral Policy, Mining, Publications, Recommended, Technical Paper Reviews

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Last year I helped contribute to some research for the International Mining for Development Centre (IM4DC) on "Evaluating the Attractiveness of Fiscal Regimes for New Gold Developments: African and South American Peer Country Comparisons" with Allan Trench (The University of Western Australia), Chris Gemell (Red Onyx Consulting), Michael Curtis (RISC) and Tony Venables (Independent Geologist). Particular credit goes to Chris…
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Government Geoscience and Exploration in the Economic Development of Western Africa

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Book Reviews, Commodities, Exploration, Mineral Economics, Mineral Policy, Mining

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Today I have uploaded a presentation I gave in May to the Western African Exploration Initiative (WAXI) Stage 2 Outcomes Seminar, entitled: "The Role of Government Geoscience and Minerals Exploration in the Economic Development of West Africa".  The presentation provided context for the excellent geoscience presented later in the seminar. The presentation also makes reference to Paul Collier's two excellent…
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