An Act Adopting a new Mineral and Mining Laws, Part 1, Tittle 23, Liberian Code of Laws Revised

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Field	Value
Sector	Mining
Country	Liberia
Year	2000
RGI Edition Year	2017
Topic	Contract transparency and monitoring, Legislation and regulation, Licensing and negotiation, Mandatory payment disclosure, Measurement of environmental and social impacts, Sovereign wealth funds, State-owned enterprises, Tax policy and revenue collection
Document Type	Statute
RGI Sub-component	Licensing
RGI Questions	1.1a: How does the country legally define the ownership of subsoil extractive resources?, 1.1.9a: Is the government required to publicly disclose all signed licenses/contracts with extractive companies?, 1.1b: Who is the licensing authority (i.e. who has the authority to grant exploration and extraction rights to companies)?, 1.1.4c: From 2015 onwards, and prior to each licensing process, did the licensing authority actually disclose the rules governing the licensing process, such as auction or negotiation rules?, 1.1.5a: Following each licensing process, is the licensing authority required to disclose the list of companies that submitted license applications (in the case of a first-come, first served; or negotiation round) or bids (in the case of an auction)?, 1.1.5d: Are there rules that companies can follow to appeal licensing decisions?, 1.2.5e: For countries using production sharing agreements, do rules specify the company and government production shares?, 1.3.7a: Are there rules governing compensation to landowners or land users when project development interferes with their access to or use of land?, 1.4b: Does the SOE receive a production share or in-kind payments from extractive companies?, 2.3a: Does the country have a natural resource fund which is funded by extractive resource revenues?, 2.3b: If there are multiple natural resource funds, which is the largest?
Did this document contribute to RGI scoring?	Used for scoring
Are the RGI questions here tagged with law and/or practice	Law and Practice (Both)
Publisher	Government of Liberia
Author	Government of Liberia Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Source or API link	http://rgi.nrgi-assessment.org/api/public/documents/LBR-2016-MI
Maintainer	Natural Resource Governance Institute
Maintainer Email	Natural Resource Governance Institute