Mining Code - English Translation

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Field	Value
Sector	Mining
Country	Chile
Year	2015
RGI Edition Year	2017
Topic	Beneficial ownership, Contract transparency and monitoring, Legislation and regulation, Licensing and negotiation, Mandatory payment disclosure, 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?, 1.1.7b: Do rules require public disclosure of beneficial owners of extractive companies?, 1.1c: What licensing process does the licensing authority follow?, 1.1.3b: Prior to each licensing process, is the licensing authority required to disclose a list of biddable terms or negotiable terms?, 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?, 1.2.3a: Is the government required to publicly disclose data on payments from extractive companies to the government?
Did this document contribute to RGI scoring?	Used for scoring
Are the RGI questions here tagged with law and/or practice	Law
Publisher	COCHILCO
Author	COCHILCO
Source or API link	http://www.cochilco.cl/descargas/english/legislation/mining_code.pdf?idNorma=1004876&buscar=Ley+20.363
Maintainer	Natural Resource Governance Institute
Maintainer Email	Natural Resource Governance Institute