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The boom of foreign investments in mining projects over the last 2 decades is only a herald of the global competition for access to mineral resources in the decades to come.
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McKinsey Global Institute (2011), p. 42.
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McKinsey Global Institute (2011), p. 36.
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McKinsey Global Institute (2011), p. 43.
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Hobe (2014), p. 81.
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For the discussion of a possible future framework see: Lee (2012), p. 16.
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Sonter (2014).
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National Geographics (2014).
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Whyte et al. (2012).
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Livermore (2011).
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For an overview over the history of the Commonwealth of Australia see: Australian History (2014).
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PWC (2013), p. 4.
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Australian Government (2013).
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Queensland Government (2014).
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Queensland Government (2014).
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Queensland Government (2014).
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Australian Government (2014), p. 2.
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La Croix (1992b).
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O’Donnell (2014).
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Geoscience Australia (2014a).
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Geoscience Australia (2014b).
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Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (2014), p. 23.
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BP, p. 30.
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BP, p. 32.
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Geoscience Australia (2014b).
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Rarus (2014).
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Navigator Resources Navigator Resources Limited (2014).
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Geoscience Australia (2014b).
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Geoscience Australia (2014b).
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Du Bois (2004), p. 15.
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Department of Mineral Resources South Africa (2011), p. 4.
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Government of South Africa (2012), p. 370.
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Government of South Africa (2004), p. 2.
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Projects IQ (2014).
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O’Donnell (2014).
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USGS (2014a), p. 121.
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USGS (2014a), p. 121.
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USGS (2014a), p. 85.
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BP (2014), p. 30.
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BP (2014), p. 32.
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USGS (2014a), p. 67.
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Jepson (2014), p. 17.
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Great Western Minerals Group (2014).
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Frontier Rare Earths (2014).
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Jepson (2014), p. 10.
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Chamber of Mines (2014).
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Creamer’s Media Mining Weekly (2014).
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Article 1 of the Constitution of Colombia of 1991: Colombia es “(…) un Estado social de derecho, organizado en forma de República unitaria, descentralizada, con autonomía de sus entidades territoriales, democrática, participativa y pluralista, fundada en el respeto de la dignidad humana, en el trabajo y la solidaridad de las personas que la integran y en la prevalencia del interés general.” [(…) a social State of law, organized as a unitary, decentralized, democratic, participatory, and pluralistic Republic, with autonomous territorial entities, founded on respect for human dignity, work and the solidarity of the persons composing it, and the prevalence of the general interest.]
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Article 286 of the Constitution of Colombia of 1991 “(…) departamentos, los distritos, los municipios y los territorios indígenas.” [(…) departments, districts, municipalities, and Indigenous territories.]
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Law Business Research Ltd (2014), p. 2.
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Agencia Nacional de Minería (2014), Misión y Visión: “Formular y adoptar políticas dirigidas al aprovechamiento sostenible de los recursos mineros y energéticos para contribuir al desarrollo económico y social del país.” [To create and adopt policies aimed at sustainable utilization of mineral and energy resources to contribute to economic and social development of the country.]
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Agencia Nacional de Minería (2014).
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Agencia Nacional de Minería (2014), Misión y Visión: “Administrar en forma eficiente y eficaz los recursos minerales de propiedad del Estado para promover la productividad y competitividad del sector, a fin de maximizar su contribución al desarrollo sostenible del país.” [To manage the mineral resources owned by the State efficiently and effectively to promote productivity and competitiveness of the sector, in order to maximize their contribution to the sustainable development of the country.]
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Amortegui and Jiménez (2013).
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Amortegui and Jiménez (2013).
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Servicio Geológico Colombiano (2014), Objetivos y Funciones: “Realizar investigación científica básica para generar conocimiento geocientífico integral del territorio nacional.” [Perform basic scientific research to generate comprehensive geoscientific knowledge of the national territory].
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La Unidad de Planeación Minero Energética UPME (2014).
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Germany Trade and Invest (2014).
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Resource Investing News (2014).
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Walther-Meade (2014).
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Wacaster (2014), p. 2.
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BP (2014).
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BP (2014).
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USGS (2014b), p. 2.
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Wacaster (2014), p. 4.
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Ecopetrol (2014).
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Issued by article 358 Mining Law 2001: “La Empresa Nacional Minera, Minercol Ltda., debera en un plazo no mayor a seis (6) meses, contados a partir de la expedicion del presente Codigo, reestructurar su organizacion administrativa y su planta de personal, de conformidad con los lineamientos establecidos por el Gobiemo Nacional.”
[The National Mining Company Ltd.- MINERCOL LTDA should in a term not over six (6) months, counted as from the issuing of the present Code, restructure its administrative organization and its staff, according with the guidelines established by the National Government.];
The English translations of Spanish Acts are based on Minminas, English translation Mining Law 2001. In the case of the Mining Law 2001 and Colombia Commercial Code on the translation provided by Foreign Tax Law, Inc, Colombia Commercial Code English in the case of the Colombian Commercial Code 1971. Further translation and modifications were undertaken were done by the author, if so deemed necessary.
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Labournet (2014).
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Larenz and Canaris (1995), p. 7.
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University of Queensland (2014).
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