| Categories |
Rank in Canada |
Rank in the World |
| Socioeconomic Agreements |
1 |
1 |
| Labour Regulations/Employment Agreements |
1 |
2 |
| Uncertainty Concerning which Areas will be Protected as
Wilderness or Parks |
1 |
5 |
| Environmental Regulations |
1 |
6 |
| Policy Potential Index |
2 |
3 |
| Taxation Regime |
2 |
8 |
| Political Stability |
2 |
13 |
| Geological Database |
3 |
3 |
| Uncertainty Concerning the Administration,
Interpretation and Enforcement of Existing Regulations |
3 |
4 |
| Regulatory Duplication and Inconsistencies |
3 |
7 |
| Uncertainty Concerning Native Land Claims |
3 |
29 |
| Current Mineral Potential–Assuming Current
Regulations/Land Use Restrictions |
4 |
15 |
| Composite Policy and Mineral Potential |
4 |
22 |
| Room to Improve |
5 |
9 |
| Infrastructure |
6 |
19 |
| Security |
8 |
20 |
| Policy/Mineral Potential Assuming No Land Use
Restrictions in Place and Assuming Industry "Best Practices" |
8 |
47 |
| This is the sixth straight year Nevada is
rated as having the best mineral policies. The other top 10 policy
jurisdictions are Alberta, Manitoba, Chile, Quebec, Mexico,
Saskatchewan, Arizona, Ontario, and Utah. For the most part, last year's
top 10 jurisdictions were either in this year's top 10 or nearly so.
Chile had been in second place the year before last and then fallen to
14th spot last year, perhaps due to the controversy over mining
royalties in that nation. Chile has rejoined the top 10 in the 4th spot. |
