Minerals and Mining Act of 2006, Act 703

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Field	Value
Sector	Mining
Country	Ghana
Year
RGI Edition Year	2017
Topic	Contract transparency and monitoring, Legislation and regulation, Licensing and negotiation, Measurement of environmental and social impacts, State-owned enterprises
Document Type	Statute
RGI Sub-component	Licensing
RGI Questions	1.1a: How does the country legally define the ownership of subsoil extractive resources?, 1.1.3c: Prior to each license process, is the licensing authority required to disclose the rules governing the licensing process, such as auction or negotiation rules?, 1.1.5d: Are there rules that companies can follow to appeal licensing decisions?, 1.3.7b: Are there specific procedures governing the resettlement of land users when project development interferes with their access to or use of land?, 1.4a: What proportion of equity shares does the government own in extractive companies?
Did this document contribute to RGI scoring?	Used for scoring
Are the RGI questions here tagged with law and/or practice	Law
Publisher	Parliament of Ghana
Author	Parliament of Ghana Parliament of Ghana
Source or API link	http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/gha85046.pdf
Maintainer	Natural Resource Governance Institute
Maintainer Email	Natural Resource Governance Institute