Mining Prospecting and Exploration Legal Framework - Guidelines for Foreign Investors

Article by Omar Beretta and Lucas Garcia

Foreign Investment (FI) on mining prospecting and exploration is influenced by many factors. Some of them, such as geology potential, international demand or pricing of commodities are not subject to governmental regulation. On the other hand, regulation and policy can be controlled and, under equal conditions of the first group of factors, might be decisive to swing FI from one country or another.¹

In this sense, according to the trends reported on 2005 the last year, Argentina has gained a respectful place within the world’s attractive target-jurisdictions for FI for mining prospecting and exploration purposes.² This overview of the main characteristics of the Argentine regulations may provide some guidelines for FI to conduct prospecting and exploration business in Argentina.