Mining Policy of Liberia

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Sector Mining
Country Liberia
Year 2010
RGI Edition Year 2017
Topic Contract transparency and monitoring, Licensing and negotiation, Mandatory payment disclosure, Measurement of environmental and social impacts, Open data, Revenue management, Tax policy and revenue collection
Document Type Policy Document
RGI Sub-component Licensing
RGI Questions 1.1.3b: Prior to each licensing process, is the licensing authority required to disclose a list of biddable terms or negotiable terms?,
1.1.3c: Prior to each license process, is the licensing authority required to disclose the rules governing the licensing process, such as auction or negotiation rules?,
1.1.4c: 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?,
1.2.5c: Do rules specify the level of state equity (or options for state equity such as carried interest) in extractive companies ?,
1.3.1a: Are extractive companies required to prepare an EIA and/or SIA prior to development?,
1.3.1b: Is there a requirement for the EIA and/or SIA to be publicly disclosed?,
1.3.3a: Are extractive companies required to prepare environmental mitigation management plans prior to development?,
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?,
2.1.2a: Does the country have a numerical fiscal rule?
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Are the RGI questions here tagged with law and/or practice Law and
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Publisher Government of Liberia
Author Government of Liberia
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