Mining legislation and taxation: Volume I

Mining legislation has been shaped in many countries around the world. Reworked several times, its recodification has resulted in ordinances, currently in force. The Mining Code enables a company to carry out exploration work, by obtaining an exclusive research permit, an authorization for preliminary prospecting (offshore) or an authorization to search for geothermal deposits, and to operate a mine, by obtaining a concession, even in the absence of authorization from the landowner.