Country Ranks
for Mineral Investment 2008
Where “NOT to Invest”
Since 1999, Behre Dolbear & Company, Inc. has compiled a political
risk assessment of countries of import to the mining industry. This document
lists the high risk and low risk parts of the world for receptivity to
mineral investment, plus much valuable information about conditions in
the countries such as economic and political systems, social issues, permitting,
corruption, etc. Click
here for latest edition of "Where Not to Invest".
(pdf, 45K)
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THE COMPANY
Founded in 1911 by Samuel Dolbear, Behre Dolbear is one of the oldest, continually operating minerals industry consulting firms in the world. Since its founding, the company has spanned the industry from the primitive pick and shovel days of mining to the computer age of geostatistics. The company specializes in performing studies and consulting for a wide range of businesses with interests in the minerals industry, including:
• Major and junior mining companies
• Banks and other lenders
• Venture capital syndications and private individuals
• Government agencies
• Native or First Nations peoples, tribes, or bands.
• Mineral and other landholding companies
From offices around the world, the firm has performed assignments across the whole spectrum of commodities including base and precious metals, coal and lignite, ferrous metals, uranium, industrial minerals and gemstones.