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Mining law, gold and critical minerals
From the mine to export: mining titles, gold trading by authorised institutions, chain of custody and the new critical and strategic minerals framework.
Gold is the only mineral that can become a financial asset on leaving the mine. That dual nature creates a chain regulated by three authorities at once: the National Mining Agency, the Central Bank and the Federal Revenue. We know that chain from the inside and advise miners, cooperatives, authorised institutions and exporters at each of its links.
We act in obtaining and regularising mining titles, in artisanal mining permits, in lease and supply contracts, in proof of origin and documentation of first acquisition, in trading notes and in the export of gold, including replies to customs demands and audit procedures.
We follow closely the critical and strategic minerals framework and its effects on investment, changes of control and international supply contracts, a subject we also cover in our publications.
How we work
- Mapping of the client's chain: who extracts, who buys, who exports and under which title.
- Origin and custody documentation that withstands an audit.
- Contracts drafted for the reality of the mineral and of the destination market.