The Fraser Institute’s 14th annual survey of mining companies is now underway and will continue until the end of November.  The survey is widely regarded as an authoritative measure of the attractiveness of exploration investment globally.  The data collected will allow the survey team to identify those provinces, states, and countries that pose the greatest barriers to investment in the mining sector, as well as the reasons underlying any significant shifts in the jurisdictional rankings from a year ago.

The report on the findings of last year’s survey, Survey of Mining Companies 2014, can be downloaded here.

AIG members are invited to participate in the 2015 survey. Greater participation will help to ensure that the results reflect the views of professionals with first-hand knowledge of the mining investment climate in countries around the globe. Broad involvement in the survey will also increase the number of jurisdictions evaluated, thereby providing more governments with candid and anonymous opinions on their mining policies. The survey can be completed in less than 15 minutes. All information collected through the survey remains confidential.

Executives, managers, and other experts with mining exploration and development companies, and their advisors, are asked to complete the 2015 survey questionnaire with respect to jurisdictions about which they are knowledgeable.

To participate in this year’s survey, please send your contact information to the survey coordinator Taylor Jackson who will respond with a survey invitation.  To learn more about this project, please contact Taylor Jackson by email or by telephone at the Fraser Institute’s offices in Vancouver, Canada on +1 604 688 0221 ext. 553.  Your information will be kept in strict confidence, and will not be shared with anyone outside of the mining survey.