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Ranking countries for minerals exploration
Author(s) -
Johnson Charles J.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
natural resources forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1477-8947
pISSN - 0165-0203
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1990.tb00516.x
Subject(s) - multinational corporation , ranking (information retrieval) , business , investment (military) , order (exchange) , mineral exploration , developing country , politics , natural resource economics , economic growth , political science , economics , finance , geology , computer science , geochemistry , law , machine learning
This paper presents the results of a survey of multinational mining companies pertaining to the ranking of countries for non‐fuel minerals exploration in the early 1990s. It ranks countries in order of greatest exploration interest in the early 1990s, as well as countries that have geologic potential but unacceptable investment climates. It provides a list of priority commodities for exploration, the criteria for exploration levels, critical and negotiable factors in selecting countries for exploration, and the investment climate ratings of countries where exploration is probable in the early 1990s. The results of the survey indicate that major minerals exploration activities are concentrated in a small number of countries. Political and economic reforms around the world should increase the number of countries receiving active private sector minerals exploration in the 1990s.