Survey of Mining Companies 2014 Figures and Tables

Table 1: Investment Attractivenes
Score
2014 2013 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011
Alberta 74.8 77.0 71.3 74.8 72.6
British Columbia 70.5 75.4 69.0 74.6 69.6
Manitoba 82.9 76.4 70.5 75.7 76.8
New Brunswick 74.9 71.6 72.3 69.2 53.0
Newfoundland and Labrador 80.7 81.3 71.7 79.9 75.7
Canada
Northwest Territories 76.0 69.7 69.5 71.1 68.0

Nova Scotia 62.6 58.6 57.3 59.1 51.4
Nunavut 70.0 68.9 68.1 74.4 69.6
Ontario 74.5 75.7 76.5 78.6 78.8
Quebec 81.5 74.1 75.9 84.8 85.0
Saskatchewan 83.6 78.3 76.9 84.1 88.6
Yukon 80.1 77.9 82.2 86.8 83.2
Alaska 79.7 80.2 77.7 82.9 83.0
Arizona 75.5 72.4 66.5 69.7 72.2
California 60.3 53.6 49.1 52.9 48.9
Colorado 67.8 60.4 58.7 62.6 60.8
Idaho 74.9 67.2 59.2 67.8 61.0
United States
Michigan 66.3 68.4 52.1 62.1 51.3

Minnesota 75.7 63.5 53.7 61.2 64.9
Montana 67.3 63.1 58.2 63.6 58.3
Nevada 83.3 84.2 79.3 82.6 86.8
New Mexico 66.1 59.0 52.0 60.1 62.5
Utah 76.4 75.4 71.9 69.0 76.5
Washington 48.0 48.5 44.9 52.1 39.8
Wyoming 81.4 76.6 77.4 76.7 75.4
New South Wales 58.9 63.0 52.1 58.3 60.2
Northern Territory 68.5 74.7 68.7 72.4 68.1
Australia
Queensland 71.5 73.5 68.3 71.0 69.2

South Australia 75.1 73.8 71.6 77.4 74.0
Tasmania 65.3 63.5 49.8 54.2 64.0
Victoria 51.2 59.5 51.0 42.8 48.1
Western Australia 82.0 85.3 78.0 82.6 80.2
Fiji 58.4 36.4 * * *
Indonesia 47.4 49.8 50.9 55.6 60.1
Oceania
Malaysia 14.1 46.9 * * *

New Zealand 61.6 65.0 54.5 54.5 55.3
Papua New Guinea 48.5 56.2 58.4 67.1 65.0
Philippines 37.2 51.4 50.8 56.1 60.1
Solomon Islands 27.3 * * * *
Angola 42.4 34.3 * * *
Botswana 71.5 70.3 75.8 77.6 75.5
Burkina Faso 59.1 57.4 51.4 68.7 75.1
Central African Republic 34.0 * * * *
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) 52.8 51.0 46.6 60.1 56.9
Egypt 28.6 * * * *
Eritrea 46.7 57.5 * * *
Ethiopia 35.0 41.2 * * *
Ghana 60.4 64.5 53.8 69.9 63.1
Guinea(Conakry) 48.5 43.8 35.8 46.1 59.7
Ivory Coast 55.3 41.7 * * *
Kenya 21.8 43.2 * * *
Lesotho*** 35.6 * * * *
Liberia*** 51.1 52.9 * * *
Africa
Madagascar 57.8 42.2 41.2 53.7 47.2

Mali 45.4 46.3 37.9 63.9 70.9
Mauritania 43.7 * * * *
Morocco 64.0 * * * *
Mozambique 46.1 33.7 * * *
Namibia 72.4 63.7 62.1 50.6 64.8
Niger 36.5 24.0 33.1 46.6 53.8
Nigeria 30.4 47.7 * * *
Sierra Leone 36.5 36.9 * * *
South Africa 52.6 54.7 47.8 56.1 52.4
South Sudan 33.4 * * * *
Sudan*** 31.0 * * * *
Tanzania 57.6 50.5 50.8 55.8 60.2
Uganda 42.6 * * * *
Zambia 66.2 60.6 52.7 54.8 60.6
Zimbabwe 37.4 34.8 37.0 46.8 53.5
Argentina ** ** ** ** 55.5
Catamarca 66.6 30.9 56.9 56.5 *
Chubut 48.4 35.8 39.8 60.5 *
Jujuy 61.5 40.1 49.0 38.0 *
Argentina
La Rioja 42.0 27.0 44.5 * *

Mendoza 35.7 32.9 44.7 43.2 *
Neuquen 48.7 29.9 45.1 * *
Rio Negro 43.4 29.7 49.6 51.2 *
Salta 75.5 60.9 52.7 50.3 *
San Juan 72.8 54.9 55.6 56.7 *
Santa Cruz 51.0 45.2 50.2 53.2 *
Bolivia 41.1 40.6 34.5 38 39.7
Brazil 58.5 55.8 53.9 65.7 68.9
e Caribbean Basin
Chile 77.2 76.5 71.9 78.9 83.5

Colombia 55.2 51.1 55.7 63.3 74.3
Latin America and the Caribbean Basin
Dominican Republic 36.6 34.2 42.1 30 *
Ecuador 45.9 38.1 39.4 44.2 53.3
French Guiana 43.4 41.8 48.4 * *
Guatemala 29.7 35.4 31.8 38.7 45.5
Guyana 58.1 45.2 45.5 49.5 *
Honduras 26.0 25.8 24.4 32.6 35.9
Mexico 67.6 65.1 65.7 74.2 73.5
Nicaragua 52.8 35.8 * * *
Panama 52.0 50.6 38.4 41.3 47.3
Peru 69.6 63.1 55.7 66.5 68.4
Suriname 42.6 32.3 39.6 42.4 *
Uruguay 44.6 15.2 * * *
Venezuela 37.6 26.9 31.9 39.7 34.3
Cambodia 45.9 * * * *
China 39.8 46.3 46.8 57.5 56.3
India 53.2 46.0 49.2 45.7 34.2
Kazakhstan 49.4 49.3 48.7 48.8 57.2
Kyrgyzstan 39.1 30.3 47.9 46.1 60.6
Asia
Laos 50.0 33.0 * 46.2 *

Mongolia 44.3 42.1 57.3 56.9 63.8
Myanmar 61.1 52.1 * * *
Thailand 43.4 45.9 * * *
Vietnam 44.3 46.1 41.3 27.6 50.2
Bulgaria 30.2 52.3 39.2 50.2 49.6
Finland 83.8 80.2 80.0 78.0 78.9
France 55.1 59.2 * * *
Greenland 62.9 77.3 76.5 77.1 73.6
Greece 32.2 41.5 20.9 * *
Hungary*** 20.5 * * * *
Ireland 78.3 73.9 63.4 69.2 65.4
Europe
Norway 62.3 69.0 67.6 58.8 58.7

Poland 44.4 52.2 37.9 61.4 *
Portugal 60.2 53.2 * * *
Romania 32.0 37.6 31.3 35.3 51.8
Russia 53.0 40.7 49.8 50.8 49.3
Serbia 36.9 51.9 57.7 * *
Spain 40.0 58.6 47.4 54.0 45.5
Sweden 78.1 79.5 77.8 74.8 76.7
Turkey 46.2 68.1 64.7 60.2 62.6
Notes:
*Not Available
** Argentina is no longer reported as a single jurisdiction (we now report separately on the sub-national jurisdictions)
***Between 5 and 9 responses
nvestment Attractiveness Index
Rank
2014 2013 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011
22/122 10/112 18/96 16/93 21/79
28/122 16/112 21/96 18/93 24/79
4/122 13/112 19/96 15/93 10/79
21/122 23/112 13/96 27/93 59/79
8/122 3/112 16/96 7/93 13/79
15/122 25/112 20/96 22/93 30/79
42/122 47/112 36/96 45/93 62/79
29/122 27/112 24/96 19/93 25/79
23/122 14/112 9/96 9/93 9/79
6/122 18/112 11/96 2/93 3/79
2/122 7/112 8/96 3/93 1/79
9/122 8/112 1/96 1/93 5/79
10/122 5/112 6/96 4/93 6/79
18/122 22/112 26/96 25/93 22/79
48/122 54/112 62/96 65/93 67/79
32/122 42/112 32/96 37/93 41/79
20/122 30/112 31/96 30/93 40/79
36/122 28/112 49/96 38/93 63/79
16/122 35/112 46/96 40/93 33/79
34/122 38/112 34/96 35/93 50/79
3/122 2/112 3/96 6/93 2/79
38/122 45/112 51/96 44/93 39/79
14/122 15/112 14/96 28/93 12/79
75/122 68/112 74/96 66/93 74/79
7/122 11/112 7/96 14/93 15/79
51/122 39/112 50/96 47/93 45/79
31/122 17/112 22/96 21/93 29/79
27/122 21/112 23/96 23/93 26/79
19/122 20/112 17/96 12/93 18/79
39/122 36/112 58/96 60/93 35/79
66/122 43/112 53/96 82/93 68/79
5/122 1/112 4/96 5/93 7/79
53/122 92/112 * * *
76/122 66/112 54/96 55/93 47/79
122/122 70/112 * * *
44/122 32/112 42/96 59/93 55/79
73/122 50/112 33/96 31/93 32/79
101/122 61/112 55/96 53/93 46/79
118/122 * * * *
93/122 97/112 * * *
26/122 24/112 12/96 11/93 14/79
50/122 49/112 52/96 29/93 16/79
109/122 * * * *
62/122 63/112 70/96 43/93 52/79
117/122 * * * *
77/122 48/112 * * *
108/122 85/112 * * *
47/122 33/112 45/96 24/93 37/79
72/122 78/112 89/96 78/93 48/79
57/122 83/112 * * *
120/122 79/112 * * *
107/122 * * * *
67/122 56/112 * * *
55/122 80/112 80/96 63/93 70/79
82/122 71/112 87/96 34/93 23/79
87/122 * * * *
40/122 * * * *
79/122 99/112 * * *
25/122 34/112 30/96 69/93 34/79
104/122 111/112 91/96 75/93 56/79
114/122 69/112 * * *
105/122 91/112 * * *
64/122 53/112 67/96 52/93 60/79
110/122 * * * *
113/122 * * * *
56/122 65/112 56/96 54/93 44/79
92/122 * * * *
37/122 41/112 47/96 57/93 42/79
100/122 96/112 88/96 74/93 57/79
** ** ** ** 54/79
35/122 103/112 38/96 51/93 *
74/122 93/112 81/96 41/93 *
45/122 88/112 63/96 87/93 *
94/122 108/112 77/96 * *
106/122 101/112 75/96 81/93 *
71/122 106/112 73/96 * *
90/122 107/112 60/96 67/93 *
17/122 40/112 48/96 70/93 *
24/122 52/112 41/96 50/93 *
68/122 76/112 57/96 64/93 *
95/122 87/112 90/96 88/93 75/79
52/122 51/112 44/96 33/93 27/79
13/122 12/112 15/96 8/93 4/79
58/122 62/112 39/96 36/93 17/79
103/122 98/112 78/96 92/93 *
80/122 89/112 83/96 80/93 58/79
89/122 82/112 65/96 * *
116/122 95/112 93/96 86/93 71/79
54/122 77/112 72/96 72/93 *
119/122 110/112 95/96 91/93 77/79
33/122 31/112 27/96 20/93 20/79
63/122 94/112 * * *
65/122 64/112 85/96 84/93 69/79
30/122 37/112 40/96 32/93 28/79
91/122 102/112 82/96 83/93 *
83/122 112/112 * * *
99/122 109/112 92/96 85/93 78/79
81/122 * * * *
97/122 72/112 69/96 48/93 53/79
60/122 74/112 61/96 79/93 79/79
70/122 67/112 64/96 73/93 51/79
98/122 105/112 66/96 77/93 43/79
69/122 100/112 * 76/93 *
85/122 81/112 37/96 49/93 36/79
46/122 59/112 * * *
88/122 75/112 * * *
86/122 73/112 79/96 93/93 64/79
115/122 57/112 84/96 71/93 65/79
1/122 4/112 2/96 10/93 8/79
59/122 44/112 * * *
41/122 9/112 10/96 13/93 19/79
111/122 84/112 96/96 * *
121/122 * * * *
11/122 19/112 29/96 26/93 31/79
43/122 26/112 25/96 46/93 49/79
84/122 58/112 86/96 39/93 *
49/122 55/112 * * *
112/122 90/112 94/96 89/93 61/79
61/122 86/112 59/96 68/93 66/79
102/122 60/112 35/96 * *
96/122 46/112 68/96 62/93 72/79
12/122 6/112 5/96 17/93 11/79
78/122 29/112 28/96 42/93 38/79
tional jurisdictions)
Figure 1: Investment Attractiveness Index
Jurisdiction Score
Malaysia 14.1
Hungary 20.5
Kenya 21.8 Finland
Honduras 26 Saskatchewan
Solomon Islands 27.3 Nevada
Manitoba
Egypt 28.6
Western Australia
Guatemala 29.7
Quebec
Bulgaria 30.2 Wyoming
Nigeria 30.4 Newfoundland & Labrador
Sudan 31 Yukon
Romania 32 Alaska
Greece 32.2 Ireland
South Sudan 33.4 Sweden
Chile
Central African Republic 34
Utah
Ethiopia 35
Northwest Territories
Lesotho 35.6
Minnesota
Mendoza 35.7 Salta
Niger 36.5 Arizona
Sierra Leone 36.5 South Australia
Dominican Republic 36.6 Idaho
Serbia 36.9 New Brunswick
Philippines 37.2 Alberta
Ontario
Zimbabwe 37.4
San Juan
Venezuela 37.6
Namibia
Kyrgyzstan 39.1
Botswana
China 39.8 Queensland
Spain 40 British Columbia
Bolivia 41.1 Nunavut
La Rioja 42 Peru
Angola 42.4 Northern Territory
Uganda 42.6 Colorado
Mexico
Suriname 42.6
Montana
Rio Negro 43.4
Catamarca
French Guiana 43.4 Michigan
Thailand 43.4 Zambia
Mauritania 43.7 New Mexico
Mongolia 44.3 Tasmania
Vietnam 44.3 Morocco
Poland 44.4 Greenland
Uruguay 44.6 Nova Scotia
Norway
Mali 45.4
New Zealand
Ecuador 45.9
Jujuy
Cambodia 45.9 Myanmar
Ghana
California
Portugal
Burkina Faso
Nova Scotia
Norway
New Zealand
Jujuy
Myanmar
Mozambique 46.1 Ghana
Turkey 46.2 California
Eritrea 46.7 Portugal
Indonesia 47.4 Burkina Faso
Washington 48 New South Wales
Brazil
Chubut 48.4
Fiji
Papua New Guinea 48.5
Guyana
Guinea (Conakry) 48.5
Madagascar
Neuquen 48.7 Tanzania
Kazakhstan 49.4 Ivory Coast
Laos 50 Colombia
Santa Cruz 51 France
Liberia 51.1 India
Victoria 51.2 Russia
Nicaragua
Panama 52
South Africa 52.6 0 20 40 60 80 100
Democratic Republic of Co 52.8
Nicaragua 52.8
Russia 53
India 53.2
France 55.1
Colombia 55.2
Ivory Coast 55.3
Tanzania 57.6
Madagascar 57.8
Guyana 58.1
Fiji 58.4
Brazil 58.5
New South Wales 58.9
Burkina Faso 59.1
Portugal 60.2
California 60.3
Ghana 60.4
Myanmar 61.1
Jujuy 61.5
New Zealand 61.6
Norway 62.3
Nova Scotia 62.6
Greenland 62.9
Morocco 64
Tasmania 65.3
New Mexico 66.1
Zambia 66.2
Michigan 66.3
Catamarca 66.6
Montana 67.3
Mexico 67.6
Colorado 67.8
Northern Territory 68.5
Peru 69.6
Nunavut 70
British Columbia 70.5
Queensland 71.5
Botswana 71.5
Namibia 72.4
San Juan 72.8
Ontario 74.5
Alberta 74.8
New Brunswick 74.9
Idaho 74.9
South Australia 75.1
Arizona 75.5
Salta 75.5
Minnesota 75.7
Northwest Territories 76
Utah 76.4
Chile 77.2
Sweden 78.1
Ireland 78.3
Alaska 79.7
Yukon 80.1
Newfoundland & Labrador 80.7
Wyoming 81.4
Quebec 81.5
Western Australia 82
Manitoba 82.9
Nevada 83.3
Saskatchewan 83.6
Finland 83.8
tiveness Index
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

South Africa
Panama
Victoria
Liberia
Santa Cruz
Laos
Kazakhstan
Neuquen
Guinea (Conakry)
Papua New Guinea
Chubut
Washington
Indonesia
Eritrea
Turkey
Mozambique
Cambodia
Ecuador
Mali
Uruguay
Poland
Vietnam
Mongolia
Mauritania
Thailand
French Guiana
Rio Negro
Suriname
Uganda
Angola
La Rioja
Bolivia
Spain
China
Kyrgyzstan
Venezuela
Zimbabwe
Philippines
Serbia
Dominican Republic
Sierra Leone
Niger
Mendoza
Lesotho
Ethiopia
Central African Republic
South Sudan
Greece
Dominican Republic
Sierra Leone
Niger
Mendoza
Lesotho
Ethiopia
South Sudan
Greece
Romania
Sudan
Nigeria
Bulgaria
Guatemala
Egypt
Solomon Islands
Honduras
Kenya
Hungary
Malaysia
40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100
Table 2: Policy Perception In
Score
2014 2013 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011
Alberta 94.67 93.43 92.64 91.54 90.38
British Columbia 60.73 69 63.61 62.45 54.39
Manitoba 85.63 74.04 73.35 74.61 80.29
New Brunswick 89.81 90.01 90.84 95.01 67.29
Canada

Nova Scotia 84.47 71.52 81.77 77.06 68.59
Nunavut 63.97 60.42 59.89 58.51 47.65
Ontario 72.35 73.14 78.33 79.44 68.75
Quebec 83.64 75.6 81.93 88.96 86.53
Saskatchewan 89.65 82.32 81.57 88.88 87.47
Yukon 70.4 76.38 83.81 82.98 72.95
Alaska 71.69 75.6 75.52 67.48 67.56
Arizona 71.68 76.2 64.17 65.51 65.93
California 56.31 51.24 45.29 45.81 35.1
Colorado 71.19 64.8 61.92 60.48 46.95
Idaho 67.35 70.02 61.63 66.81 55.68
United States
Michigan 66.05 77.76 62.25 72.15 47.92

Minnesota 79.06 79.27 58.07 72.57 47.32
Montana 59.47 66 55.88 54.03 40.81
Nevada 79.89 87.72 85.29 84.53 89.27
New Mexico 63.15 64.5 56.23 54.03 54.99
Utah 80 78.06 83.81 72.92 85.07
Washington 44.37 49.8 55.67 55.13 34.4
Wyoming 87.89 92.59 90.06 89.55 77.82
New South Wales 67.00 64.68 56.36 62.44 68.17
Australia
Queensland 66.13 74.34 62.83 65.51 52.77

South Australia 76.09 82.92 75.46 75.29 75.94
Tasmania 70.20 73.38 54.05 64.77 61.32
Victoria 59.74 68.82 65.99 52.11 56.89
Fiji 53.01 30.96 * * *
Indonesia 15.83 15.3 9.38 13.48 22.53
Oceania
Malaysia 5.23 37.32 * * *

New Zealand 65.47 81 65.07 65.71 63.37
Papua New Guinea 16.17 24.66 26.15 34.27 29.63
Philippines 5.23 9.48 14.01 13.02 27.31
Angola 38.57 10.68 * * *
Botswana 81.36 74.16 78.07 76.87 73.98
Burkina Faso 64.52 58.87 45.98 57.49 66.29
Egypt 26.54 * * * *
Eritrea 37.15 50.05 * * *
Ethiopia 13.15 27.84 * * *
Ghana 57.97 60.6 48.15 52.88 45.14
Guinea(Conakry) 31.97 28.2 26.35 16.62 40.23
Ivory Coast 49.02 14.88 * * *
Kenya 20.03 27.24 * * *
Lesotho*** 43.93 * * * *
Liberia*** 51.97 38.46 * * *
Africa
Madagascar 34.07 15.6 16.55 41.96 15.63

Mali 49.36 36.3 24.95 52.88 58.24
Morocco 57.20 * * * *
Mozambique 33.41 29.94 * * *
Namibia 75.25 68.35 63.67 51.58 57.9
Niger 41.79 31.8 32.19 30.68 47.91
Nigeria 10.63 30.54 * * *
Sierra Leone 37.25 17.16 * * *
South Africa 44.47 39.78 34.97 44.53 23.37
Sudan*** 10.63 * * * *
Tanzania 54.66 42.96 28.02 38.82 32.35
Uganda 44.91 * * * *
Zambia 52.35 48 41.69 46.08 34.91
Zimbabwe 9.51 14.58 13.44 21.77 22.35
Argentina ** ** ** ** 32.44
Catamarca 54.05 16.62 56.87 39.03 *
Chubut 30.93 18.24 25.99 24.64 *
Jujuy 60.65 43.2 34.49 20.08 *
Argentina
La Rioja 37.49 10.26 26.49 * *

Mendoza 22.61 14.16 36.15 22.24 *
Neuquen 40.74 15.96 59.25 * *
Rio Negro 51.46 20.7 57.91 25.66 *
Salta 78.51 62.7 59.67 43.91 *
San Juan 68.87 49.62 53.28 38.95 *
Santa Cruz 30.76 26.04 32.66 35.69 *
Bolivia 20.13 16.5 13.79 8.14 9.13
Brazil 33.01 39.12 38.19 43.29 43.2
the Caribbean Basin
Chile 72.23 70.86 67.67 75.3 81.32

Colombia 41.99 31.86 34.41 37.99 51.24
Dominican Republic 17.27 16.98 39.67 31.48 *
Ecuador 24.86 18.72 18.97 13.14 27.89
French Guiana 33.53 66.96 64.59 * *
Guatemala 27.08 18.06 13.8 2.92 9.99
Guyana 50.87 37.8 32.89 44.67 *
Honduras 4.29 16.08 17.94 1.69 1.19
Mexico 52.02 56.52 57.28 58.79 54.65
Nicaragua 42.77 27 * * *
Panama 44.43 47.64 35.75 16.88 23.29
Peru 53.88 48.48 42.05 43.37 43.63
Suriname 30.77 30.9 30.98 23.41 *
Uruguay 58.20 26.34 * * *
Venezuela 15.35 6.48 11.83 10.91 1.28
Cambodia 48.67 * * * *
China 20.73 21.3 28.51 43.08 30.9
India 47.45 40.02 21.1 12.41 10.59
Kazakhstan 42.39 22.08 23.27 17.03 30.38
Kyrgyzstan 28.07 5.34 13.39 13.09 51.43
Asia
Laos 20.04 17.52 * 18.33 *

Mongolia 17.11 16.14 17.94 19.53 35.7
Myanmar 47.06 37.86 * * *
Thailand 52.33 53.22 * * *
Vietnam 26.04 44.34 11.64 14.39 35.51
Bulgaria 25.93 55.86 53.58 50.58 55.94
Finland 94.67 94.33 95.53 92.36 86.03
France 63.59 76.93 * * *
Greenland 66.52 75.3 79.88 78.16 74.93
Greece 35.45 21.3 15.55 * *
Hungary*** 21.35 * * * *
Ireland 95.99 93.38 89.71 82.98 72.61
Europe
Norway 76.93 84.96 82.4 71.98 67.31

Poland 40.56 44.7 42.71 51.24 *
Portugal 63.54 61.32 * * *
Romania 19.37 22.86 16.17 17.99 37.92
Russia 30.49 19.44 28.11 24.56 23.13
Serbia 24.05 48.54 49.94 * *
Spain 33.13 59.04 54.55 57.56 52.87
Sweden 92.51 95.17 93.63 85.48 82.25
Turkey 44.15 65.16 49.71 40.99 34.66
Notes: *Not Available; **Argentina is no longer reported as a single jurisdiction (we now report separately on the sub-nationa
e 2: Policy Perception Index
Rank
2014 2013 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011
2/122 3 /112 3/96 3/93 1/79
42/122 32/112 31/96 31/93 36/79
9/122 26/112 21/96 20/93 9/79
5/122 7/112 4/96 1/93 23/79
7/122 9/112 18/96 16/93 13/79
38/122 47/112 29/96 48/93 52/79
11/122 29/112 12/96 15/93 19/79
37/122 44/112 37/96 36/93 44/79
21/122 28/112 16/96 13/93 18/79
12/122 21/112 11/96 5/93 4/79
6/122 12/112 13/96 6/93 3/79
26/122 19/112 8/96 10/93 15/79
23/122 22/112 19/96 25/93 21/79
24/122 20/112 28/96 29/93 25/79
49/122 51/112 56/96 51/93 56/79
25/122 38/112 34/96 33/93 46/79
30/122 31/112 35/96 26/93 33/79
34/122 17/112 33/96 23/93 42/79
16/122 15/112 40/96 22/93 45/79
45/122 36/112 46/96 40/93 50/79
15/122 8/112 7/96 8/93 2/79
41/122 40/112 45/96 41/93 34/79
14/122 16/112 9/96 21/93 6/79
68/122 53/112 47/96 39/93 59/79
8/122 5/112 5/96 4/93 10/79
31/122 39/112 44/96 32/93 20/79
28/122 13/112 22/96 11/93 27/79
33/122 24/112 32/96 28/93 38/79
19/122 11/112 20/96 19/93 11/79
27/122 27/112 49/96 30/93 28/79
44/122 33/112 24/96 44/93 31/79
10/122 6/112 15/96 12/93 17/79
53/122 73/112 * * *
112/122 104/112 96/96 85/93 70/79
120/122 69/112 * * *
35/122 14/112 26/96 27/93 26/79
111/122 84/112 77/96 66/93 64/79
121/122 110/112 88/96 88/93 66/79
104/122 * * * *
78/122 108/112 * * *
13/122 25/112 17/96 17/93 14/79
36/122 46/112 55/96 38/93 24/79
115/122 * * * *
94/122 85/112 93/96 76/93 77/79
96/122 * * * *
81/122 52/112 * * *
114/122 78/112 * * *
47/122 43/112 54/96 43/93 47/79
88/122 77/112 76/96 83/93 51/79
61/122 105/112 * * *
107/122 79/112 * * *
70/122 * * * *
57/122 66/112 * * *
83/122 103/112 85/96 59/93 73/79
60/122 70/112 79/96 42/93 29/79
71/122 * * * *
48/122 * * * *
85/122 76/112 * * *
20/122 34/112 30/96 45/93 30/79
75/122 72/112 70/96 68/93 43/79
117/122 75/112 * * *
80/122 96/112 * * *
66/122 64/112 64/96 54/93 67/79
119/122 * * * *
116/122 * * * *
50/122 62/112 74/96 63/93 61/79
65/122 * * * *
54/122 57/112 59/96 50/93 57/79
118/122 106/112 91/96 74/93 71/79
** ** ** ** 60/79
51/122 98/112 43/96 61/93 *
89/122 93/112 78/96 70/93 *
43/122 61/112 65/96 75/93 *
79/122 109/112 75/96 * *
101/122 107/112 62/96 73/93 *
76/122 102/112 39/96 * *
58/122 90/112 41/96 69/93 *
17/122 41/112 38/96 55/93 *
29/122 54/112 51/96 62/93 *
91/122 83/112 68/96 65/93 *
105/122 99/112 90/96 91/93 76/79
87/122 65/112 61/96 57/93 49/79
22/122 30/112 23/96 18/93 8/79
74/122 71/112 66/96 64/93 40/79
109/122 97/112 60/96 67/93 *
99/122 92/112 82/96 86/93 65/79
84/122 35/112 27/96 * *
95/122 94/112 89/96 92/93 75/79
59/122 68/112 67/96 53/93 *
122/122 101/112 83/96 93/93 79/79
56/122 48/112 42/96 35/93 35/79
72/122 80/112 * * *
67/122 58/112 63/96 82/93 68/79
52/122 56/112 58/96 56/93 48/79
90/122 74/112 71/96 72/93 *
46/122 82/112 * * *
113/122 111/112 94/96 90/93 78/79
62/122 * * * *
103/122 88/112 72/96 58/93 62/79
63/122 63/112 81/96 89/93 74/79
73/122 87/112 80/96 81/93 63/79
93/122 112/112 92/96 87/93 39/79
106/122 95/112 * 79/93 *
110/122 100/112 84/96 78/93 54/79
64/122 67/112 * * *
55/122 50/112 * * *
97/122 60/112 95/96 84/93 55/79
98/122 49/112 50/96 47/93 32/79
2/122 2/112 1/96 2/93 5/79
39/122 18/112 * * *
32/122 23/112 14/96 14/93 12/79
82/122 89/112 87/96 * *
102/122 * * * *
1/122 4/112 6/96 9/93 16/79
18/122 10/112 10/96 24/93 22/79
77/122 59/112 57/96 46/93 *
40/122 42/112 * * *
108/122 86/112 86/96 80/93 53/79
92/122 91/112 73/96 71/93 69/79
100/122 55/112 52/96 * *
86/122 45/112 48/96 37/93 37/79
4/122 1/112 2/96 7/93 7/79
69/122 37/112 53/96 60/93 58/79
rately on the sub-national jurisdictions); ***Between 5 and 9 responses.
Figure 2: Policy Perception Index
Jurisdiction PPI Ireland

Honduras 4.29 Finland
Malaysia 5.23 Alberta
Philippines 5.23 Sweden
South Sudan 9.25 New Brunswick
Zimbabwe 9.51 Saskatchewan
Newfoundland & Labrador
Sudan 10.63
Wyoming
Nigeria 10.63
Manitoba
Central African Republic 10.73 Western Australia
Ethiopia 13.15 Nova Scotia
Venezuela 15.35 Quebec
Indonesia 15.83 Botswana
Papua New Guinea 16.17 Utah
Nevada
Mongolia 17.11
Minnesota
Dominican Republic 17.27
Salta
Romania 19.37 Norway
Kenya 20.03 South Australia
Laos 20.04 Namibia
Bolivia 20.13 Ontario
Solomon Islands 20.21 Chile
China 20.73 Alaska
Arizona
Hungary 21.35
Colorado
Mendoza 22.61
Yukon
Serbia 24.05 Tasmania
Ecuador 24.86 Northern Territory
Bulgaria 25.93 San Juan
Vietnam 26.04 Idaho
Egypt 26.54 New South Wales
Guatemala 27.08 Greenland
Queensland
Democratic Republic of Co 27.85
Michigan
Kyrgyzstan 28.07 New Zealand
Russia 30.49 Burkina Faso
Santa Cruz 30.76 Nunavut
Suriname 30.77 Northwest Territories
Chubut 30.93 France
Guinea (Conakry) 31.97 Portugal
New Mexico
Brazil 33.01
British Columbia
Spain 33.13
Jujuy
Mozambique 33.41 Victoria
French Guiana 33.53 Montana
Madagascar 34.07 Uruguay
Ghana
Morocco
California
Tanzania
Jujuy
Victoria
Montana
Uruguay
Greece 35.45 Ghana
Eritrea 37.15 Morocco
Sierra Leone 37.25 California
Tanzania
La Rioja 37.49
Catamarca
Angola 38.57
Peru
Poland 40.56 Fiji
Neuquen 40.74 Zambia
Niger 41.79 Thailand
Colombia 41.99 Mexico
Kazakhstan 42.39 Liberia
Rio Negro
Nicaragua 42.77
Guyana
Mauritania 43.17
Mali
Lesotho 43.93 Ivory Coast
Turkey 44.15 Cambodia
Washington 44.37 India
Panama 44.43 0 20 40 60 80 100
South Africa 44.47
Uganda 44.91
Myanmar 47.06
India 47.45
Cambodia 48.67
Ivory Coast 49.02
Mali 49.36
Guyana 50.87
Rio Negro 51.46
Liberia 51.97
Mexico 52.02
Thailand 52.33
Zambia 52.35
Fiji 53.01
Peru 53.88
Catamarca 54.05
Tanzania 54.66
California 56.31
Morocco 57.2
Ghana 57.97
Uruguay 58.2
Montana 59.47
Victoria 59.74
Jujuy 60.65
British Columbia 60.73
New Mexico 63.15
Portugal 63.54
France 63.59
Northwest Territories 63.96
Nunavut 63.97
Burkina Faso 64.52
New Zealand 65.47
Michigan 66.05
Queensland 66.13
Greenland 66.52
New South Wales 67
Idaho 67.35
San Juan 68.87
Northern Territory 69.21
Tasmania 70.2
Yukon 70.4
Colorado 71.19
Arizona 71.68
Alaska 71.69
Chile 72.23
Ontario 72.35
Namibia 75.25
South Australia 76.09
Norway 76.93
Salta 78.51
Minnesota 79.06
Nevada 79.89
Utah 80
Botswana 81.36
Quebec 83.64
Nova Scotia 84.47
Western Australia 84.91
Manitoba 85.63
Wyoming 87.89
Newfoundland & Labrador 88.43
Saskatchewan 89.65
New Brunswick 89.81
Sweden 92.51
Alberta 94.67
Finland 94.67
Ireland 95.99
rception Index
Myanmar
Uganda
South Africa
Panama
Washington
Turkey
Lesotho
Mauritania
Nicaragua
Kazakhstan
Colombia
Niger
Neuquen
Poland
Angola
La Rioja
Sierra Leone
Eritrea
Greece
Madagascar
French Guiana
Mozambique
Spain
Brazil
Guinea (Conakry)
Chubut
Suriname
Santa Cruz
Russia
Kyrgyzstan
Guatemala
Egypt
Vietnam
Bulgaria
Ecuador
Serbia
Mendoza
Hungary
China
Solomon Islands
Bolivia
Laos
Kenya
Romania
Dominican Republic
Mongolia
China
Solomon Islands
Bolivia
Laos
Kenya
Romania
Dominican Republic
Mongolia
Papua New Guinea
Indonesia
Venezuela
Ethiopia
Nigeria
Sudan
Zimbabwe
South Sudan
Philippines
Malaysia
Honduras
80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100
Table 3: Best Practices Mineral Po
Score
2014 2013 2012/2013 2011/2012
Alberta 0.62 0.66 0.57 0.64
British Columbia 0.77 0.8 0.72 0.83
Manitoba 0.81 0.78 0.69 0.76
New Brunswick 0.65 0.59 0.6 0.52
Newfoundland and Labrador 0.76 0.78 0.68 0.82
Canada
Northwest Territories 0.84 0.78 0.73 0.85

Nova Scotia 0.48 0.5 0.4 0.47
Nunavut 0.74 0.75 0.74 0.85
Ontario 0.76 0.77 0.75 0.78
Quebec 0.80 0.73 0.73 0.82
Saskatchewan 0.80 0.76 0.74 0.81
Yukon 0.87 0.79 0.81 0.89
Alaska 0.85 0.83 0.78 0.93
Arizona 0.78 0.7 0.68 0.73
California 0.63 0.55 0.51 0.58
Colorado 0.66 0.57 0.56 0.64
Idaho 0.80 0.65 0.56 0.68
United States
Michigan 0.67 0.62 0.45 0.55

Minnesota 0.74 0.53 0.5 0.54
Montana 0.73 0.61 0.59 0.7
Nevada 0.86 0.82 0.76 0.81
New Mexico 0.68 0.55 0.49 0.64
Utah 0.74 0.74 0.64 0.66
Washington 0.51 0.48 0.37 0.5
Wyoming 0.77 0.66 0.69 0.68
New South Wales 0.54 0.62 0.49 0.55
Northern Territory 0.68 0.7 0.68 0.66
Australia
Queensland 0.75 0.73 0.72 0.75

South Australia 0.75 0.68 0.69 0.79
Tasmania 0.62 0.57 0.46 0.47
Victoria 0.46 0.53 0.4 0.37
Western Australia 0.80 0.82 0.77 0.83
Fiji 0.62 0.4 * *
Indonesia 0.69 0.73 0.79 0.84
Oceania
Malaysia 0.20 0.53 * *

New Zealand 0.59 0.54 0.46 0.47
Papua New Guinea 0.70 0.77 0.79 0.89
Philippines 0.59 0.79 0.74 0.85
Solomon Islands 0.32 * * *
Angola 0.45 0.5 * *
Botswana 0.65 0.68 0.75 0.78
Burkina Faso 0.56 0.56 0.55 0.76
Central African Republic 0.50 * * *
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) 0.70 0.69 0.7 0.87
Egypt 0.30 * * *
Eritrea 0.53 0.63 * *
Ethiopia 0.50 0.5 * *
Ghana 0.62 0.67 0.58 0.81
Guinea(Conakry) 0.60 0.54 0.43 0.66
Ivory Coast 0.60 0.6 * *
Kenya 0.23 0.54 * *
Lesotho*** 0.30 * * *
Liberia*** 0.51 0.63 * *
Africa
Madagascar 0.64 0.6 0.58 0.62

Mali 0.53 0.53 0.48 0.71
Mauritania 0.44 * * *
Morocco 0.69 * * *
Mozambique 0.55 0.36 * *
Namibia 0.71 0.61 0.62 0.5
Niger 0.33 0.19 0.35 0.57
Nigeria 0.44 0.59 * *
Sierra Leone 0.36 0.5 * *
South Africa 0.58 0.65 0.57 0.64
South Sudan 0.50 * * *
Sudan*** 0.45 * * *
Tanzania 0.60 0.56 0.67 0.67
Uganda 0.41 * * *
Zambia 0.76 0.69 0.6 0.61
Zimbabwe 0.56 0.48 0.52 0.64
Argentina ** ** ** **
Catamarca 0.75 0.4 0.57 0.68
Chubut 0.60 0.48 0.48 0.84
Jujuy 0.62 0.38 0.58 0.5
Argentina
La Rioja 0.45 0.38 0.56 *

Mendoza 0.45 0.45 0.5 0.57
Neuquen 0.54 0.39 0.36 *
Rio Negro 0.38 0.36 0.44 0.68
Salta 0.74 0.6 0.49 0.55
San Juan 0.76 0.58 0.57 0.69
Santa Cruz 0.65 0.58 0.62 0.65
Bolivia 0.55 0.57 0.49 0.58
Brazil 0.76 0.67 0.65 0.81
the Caribbean Basin
Chile 0.81 0.8 0.75 0.81

Colombia 0.64 0.64 0.71 0.8
Dominican Republic 0.50 0.46 0.44 0.29
Ecuador 0.60 0.51 0.54 0.65
French Guiana 0.50 0.25 0.37 *
Guatemala 0.32 0.47 0.44 0.63
Guyana 0.63 0.5 0.55 0.53
Honduras 0.41 0.32 0.29 0.53
Mexico 0.78 0.71 0.72 0.85
Nicaragua 0.60 0.42 * *
Panama 0.57 0.53 0.42 0.58
Peru 0.80 0.73 0.65 0.82
Suriname 0.51 0.33 0.47 0.55
Uruguay 0.36 0.08 * *
Venezuela 0.53 0.4 0.46 0.59
Cambodia 0.44 * * *
China 0.53 0.63 0.59 0.67
India 0.57 0.5 0.69 0.68
Kazakhstan 0.54 0.68 0.67 0.7
Kyrgyzstan 0.47 0.47 0.71 0.68
Asia
Laos 0.70 0.43 * 0.65

Mongolia 0.63 0.59 0.84 0.82
Myanmar 0.71 0.62 * *
Thailand 0.38 0.41 * *
Vietnam 0.57 0.47 0.62 0.36
Bulgaria 0.33 0.5 0.32 0.5
Finland 0.77 0.71 0.7 0.68
France 0.50 0.47 * *
Greenland 0.61 0.79 0.74 0.76
Greece 0.30 0.55 0.25 *
Hungary*** 0.20 * * *
Ireland 0.67 0.61 0.47 0.6
Europe
Norway 0.53 0.58 0.57 0.5

Poland 0.47 0.57 0.35 0.68
Portugal 0.58 0.48 * *
Romania 0.41 0.48 0.42 0.47
Russia 0.68 0.55 0.65 0.68
Serbia 0.46 0.54 0.65 *
Spain 0.45 0.58 0.43 0.52
Sweden 0.69 0.69 0.67 0.68
Turkey 0.48 0.7 0.75 0.73
Notes: *Not Available; **Argentina is no longer reported as a single jurisdiction (we now report separately on the sub-nation
ble 3: Best Practices Mineral Potential Index
Rank
2010/2011 2014 2013 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011
0.61 56/122 34/112 50/96 57/93 59/79
0.8 14/122 5/112 18/96 12/93 23/79
0.74 5/122 10/112 25/96 26/93 33/79
0.43 44/122 52/112 44/96 78/93 74/79
0.76 21/122 9/112 29/96 15/93 29/79
0.87 4/122 11/112 16/96 6/93 8/79
0.4 92/122 83/112 86/96 87/93 78/79
0.84 25/122 15/112 12/96 5/93 16/79
0.85 17/122 12/112 8/96 25/93 11/79
0.84 10/122 17/112 16/96 13/93 17/79
0.89 11/122 14/112 12/96 20/93 5/79
0.9 1/122 7/112 2/96 2/93 2/79
0.93 3/122 1/112 5/96 1/93 1/79
0.76 12/122 25/112 29/96 31/93 30/79
0.58 49/122 65/112 63/96 67/93 64/79
0.7 43/122 58/112 55/96 55/93 47/79
0.65 7/122 36/112 55/96 36/93 56/79
0.54 41/122 42/112 78/96 72/93 68/79
0.77 27/122 75/112 64/96 75/93 27/79
0.7 29/122 45/112 45/96 33/93 47/79
0.85 2/122 3/112 7/96 17/93 13/79
0.68 39/122 64/112 67/96 54/93 52/79
0.71 26/122 16/112 39/96 48/93 45/79
0.43 83/122 87/112 88/96 80/93 75/79
0.74 15/122 35/112 25/96 42/93 36/79
0.55 77/122 43/112 67/96 71/93 67/79
0.72 38/122 24/112 29/96 49/93 42/79
0.8 22/122 18/112 18/96 29/93 22/79
0.73 24/122 29/112 25/96 23/93 39/79
0.66 52/122 60/112 75/96 86/93 55/79
0.42 96/122 73/112 86/96 91/93 76/79
0.87 8/122 2/112 6/96 11/93 7/79
* 53/122 101/112 * * *
0.85 35/122 20/112 3/96 10/93 12/79
* 121/122 72/112 * * *
0.5 64/122 68/112 75/96 88/93 70/79
0.89 32/122 13/112 3/96 3/93 6/79
0.82 65/122 6/112 12/96 7/93 19/79
* 115/122 * * * *
* 98/122 80/112 * * *
0.77 45/122 30/112 8/96 24/93 28/79
0.81 72/122 62/112 58/96 28/93 21/79
* 87/122 * * * *
0.9 34/122 26/112 23/96 4/93 4/79
* 117/122 * * * *
* 78/122 40/112 * * *
* 88/122 78/112 * * *
0.75 54/122 32/112 47/96 18/93 31/79
0.73 60/122 69/112 82/96 50/93 39/79
* 61/122 50/112 * * *
* 120/122 71/112 * * *
* 118/122 * * * *
* 84/122 41/112 * * *
0.68 48/122 48/112 47/ 96 60/93 51/79
0.79 79/122 74/112 71/ 96 32/93 24/79
* 103/122 * * * *
* 36/122 * * * *
* 74/122 105/112 * * *
0.69 30/122 47/112 40/ 96 80/93 49/79
0.58 113/122 111/112 91/ 96 69/93 65/79
* 105/122 53/112 * * *
* 111/122 81/112 * * *
0.72 67/122 37/112 50/ 96 56/93 43/79
* 89/122 * * * *
* 100/122 * * * *
0.79 62/122 63/112 32/ 96 47/93 25/79
* 106/122 * * * *
0.78 18/122 28/112 43/ 96 62/93 26/79
0.74 71/122 85/112 62/ 96 58/93 34/79
0.71 ** ** ** ** 44/79
* 23/122 100/112 50/ 96 39/93 *
* 58/122 88/112 71/ 96 Sep-93 *
* 55/122 104/112 47/ 96 80/93 *
* 99/122 103/112 55/ 96 * *
* 101/122 95/112 64/ 96 69/93 *
* 75/122 102/112 90/ 96 * *
* 109/122 106/112 79/ 96 42/93 *
* 28/122 49/112 67/ 96 74/93 *
* 19/122 54/112 50/ 96 35/93 *
* 46/122 57/112 40/ 96 52/93 *
0.6 73/122 61/112 67/ 96 66/93 62/79
0.86 20/122 33/112 35/ 96 21/93 9/79
0.85 6/122 4/112 8/ 96 18/93 14/79
0.9 47/122 38/112 21/ 96 22/93 3/79
* 90/122 94/112 79/ 96 93/93 *
0.7 59/122 77/112 60/ 96 51/93 46/79
* 86/122 110/112 88/ 96 * *
0.69 116/122 93/112 79/ 96 59/93 50/79
* 50/122 79/112 58/ 96 77/93 *
0.59 108/122 109/112 95/ 96 76/93 63/79
0.86 13/122 22/112 18/ 96 8/93 10/79
* 63/122 97/112 * * *
0.63 68/122 76/112 84/ 96 68/93 57/79
0.85 9/122 19/112 35/ 96 14/93 15/79
* 85/122 107/112 73/ 96 73/93 *
* 112/122 112/112 * * *
0.56 80/122 99/112 75/ 96 65/93 66/79
* 104/122 * * * *
0.73 81/122 39/112 45/ 96 46/93 37/79
0.5 69/122 82/112 25/ 96 44/93 70/79
0.75 76/122 31/112 32/ 96 33/93 31/79
0.67 95/122 92/112 21/ 96 39/93 53/79
* 33/122 96/112 * 53/93 *
0.83 51/122 51/112 1/ 96 16/93 18/79
* 31/122 44/112 * * *
* 110/122 98/112 * * *
0.6 70/122 91/112 40/ 96 92/93 61/79
0.45 114/122 84/112 94/ 96 80/93 73/79
0.74 16/122 21/112 23/ 96 36/93 34/79
* 91/122 90/112 * * *
0.73 57/122 8/112 12/ 96 27/93 39/79
* 119/122 66/112 96/ 96 * *
* 122/122 * * * *
0.61 42/122 46/112 73/ 96 63/93 60/79
0.53 82/122 56/112 50/ 96 80/93 69/79
* 94/122 59/112 91/ 96 39/93 *
* 66/122 86/112 * * *
0.61 107/122 89/112 84/ 96 89/93 58/79
0.67 40/122 67/112 35/ 96 38/93 54/79
* 97/122 70/112 35/ 96 * *
0.41 102/122 55/112 82/ 96 79/93 77/79
0.73 37/122 27/112 32/ 96 45/93 38/79
0.81 93/122 23/112 8/ 96 30/93 20/79
report separately on the sub-national jurisdictions); ***Between 5 and 9 responses.
Figure 3: Best Practices Mineral Potential Index
Jurisdictio Encourag Not a Detsum
Malaysia 0% 20% 0.20
Hungary 0% 20% 0.20
Yukon
Kenya 0% 23% 0.23
Nevada
Greece 0% 30% 0.30 Alaska
Egypt 20% 10% 0.30 Northwest Territories
Lesotho 20% 10% 0.30 Manitoba
Guatemala 27% 5% 0.32 Chile
Solomon Is 13% 19% 0.32 Peru
Niger 22% 11% 0.33 Western Australia
Idaho
Bulgaria 22% 11% 0.33
Quebec
Uruguay 14% 22% 0.36
Saskatchewan
Sierra Leo 27% 9% 0.36 Mexico
Thailand 25% 13% 0.38 Arizona
Rio Negro 15% 23% 0.38 Wyoming
Honduras 36% 5% 0.41 British Columbia
Romania 27% 14% 0.41 Finland
Uganda 29% 12% 0.41 Ontario
Nigeria 29% 15% 0.44 San Juan
Zambia
Mauritania 25% 19% 0.44
Brazil
Cambodia 22% 22% 0.44
Spain 21% 24% 0.45 Catamarca
Sudan 38% 7% 0.45 Queensland
Mendoza 18% 27% 0.45 South Australia
Angola 30% 15% 0.45 Utah
La Rioja 10% 35% 0.45 Nunavut
Victoria 23% 23% 0.46 Salta
Serbia 18% 28% 0.46 Minnesota
Montana
Kyrgyzstan 20% 27% 0.47
Namibia
Poland 19% 28% 0.47
Myanmar
Turkey 24% 24% 0.48 Laos
Nova Scoti 21% 27% 0.48 Papua New Guinea
Central Afr 33% 17% 0.50 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Ethiopia 36% 14% 0.50 Sweden
South Sud 36% 14% 0.50 Morocco
Dominican 33% 17% 0.50 Indonesia
Northern Territory
France 33% 17% 0.50
Russia
French Gui 25% 25% 0.50
New Mexico
Washingto 29% 22% 0.51
Ireland
Liberia 29% 22% 0.51 Michigan
Suriname 29% 22% 0.51 Colorado
Norway 35% 18% 0.53 Botswana
Venezuela 44% 9% 0.53 New Brunswick
China 44% 9% 0.53 Santa Cruz
Colombia
Mali
Guyana
California
Mongolia
Colorado
Botswana
New Brunswick
Santa Cruz
Eritrea 31% 22% 0.53 Colombia
Mali
Madagasca 50% 3% 0.53
Guyana
New South 31% 23% 0.54
California
Neuquen 36% 18% 0.54 Mongolia
Kazakhstan 36% 18% 0.54 Jujuy
Mozambiq 42% 13% 0.55 Ghana
Bolivia 45% 10% 0.55 Fiji
Burkina Fa 42% 14% 0.56 Tasmania
Zimbabwe 44% 12% 0.56 Alberta
Vietnam 50% 7% 0.57 Greenland
Ecuador
Panama 38% 19% 0.57
Chubut
India 38% 19% 0.57
Nicaragua
South Afric 37% 21% 0.58 Tanzania
Portugal 33% 25% 0.58 Ivory Coast
Philippines 50% 9% 0.59
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
New Zeala 37% 22% 0.59
Guinea (Co 50% 10% 0.60
Ivory Coast 43% 17% 0.60
Tanzania 43% 17% 0.60
Nicaragua 46% 14% 0.60
Chubut 38% 22% 0.60
Ecuador 52% 8% 0.60
Greenland 47% 14% 0.61
Alberta 41% 21% 0.62
Tasmania 44% 18% 0.62
Fiji 39% 23% 0.62
Ghana 46% 16% 0.62
Jujuy 39% 23% 0.62
Mongolia 50% 13% 0.63
California 51% 12% 0.63
Guyana 53% 10% 0.63
Mali 41% 23% 0.64
Colombia 53% 11% 0.64
Santa Cruz 47% 18% 0.65
New Bruns 36% 29% 0.65
Botswana 41% 24% 0.65
Colorado 42% 24% 0.66
Michigan 53% 14% 0.67
Ireland 46% 21% 0.67
New Mexic 50% 18% 0.68
Russia 50% 18% 0.68
Northern Te 46% 22% 0.68
Indonesia 56% 13% 0.69
Morocco 55% 14% 0.69
Sweden 52% 17% 0.69
Democratic 59% 11% 0.70
Papua New 64% 6% 0.70
Laos 40% 30% 0.70
Myanmar 58% 13% 0.71
Namibia 52% 19% 0.71
Montana 56% 17% 0.73
Minnesota 47% 27% 0.74
Salta 53% 21% 0.74
Nunavut 60% 14% 0.74
Utah 48% 26% 0.74
South Austr 53% 22% 0.75
Queenslan 61% 14% 0.75
Catamarca 50% 25% 0.75
Newfoundl 58% 18% 0.76
Brazil 63% 13% 0.76
Zambia 56% 20% 0.76
San Juan 56% 20% 0.76
Ontario 65% 11% 0.76
Finland 65% 12% 0.77
British Col 65% 12% 0.77
Wyoming 61% 16% 0.77
Arizona 63% 15% 0.78
Mexico 68% 10% 0.78
Saskatche 63% 17% 0.80
Quebec 69% 11% 0.80
Idaho 60% 20% 0.80
Western Au 66% 14% 0.80
Peru 64% 16% 0.80
Chile 66% 15% 0.81
Manitoba 69% 12% 0.81
Northwest T 73% 11% 0.84
Alaska 77% 8% 0.85
Nevada 75% 11% 0.86
Yukon 77% 10% 0.87
eral Potential Index
Yukon Guinea (Conakry)

evada New Zealand
Alaska Philippines
itories Portugal
nitoba South Africa
Chile India
Peru Panama
stralia Vietnam
Idaho Zimbabwe
uebec Burkina Faso
hewan
Bolivia
Mexico
Mozambique
rizona
Kazakhstan
oming
Neuquen
umbia
New South Wales
nland
Madagascar
ntario
Eritrea
n Juan
China
ambia
Venezuela
Brazil
Norway
brador
marca Suriname
nsland Liberia
stralia Washington
Utah French Guiana
navut France
Salta Dominican Republic
nesota South Sudan
ontana Ethiopia
amibia Central African Republic
anmar Nova Scotia
Laos Turkey
Guinea Poland
DRC) Kyrgyzstan
weden Serbia
rocco Victoria
onesia La Rioja
ritory Angola
Russia Mendoza
Mexico Sudan
reland Spain
chigan
Cambodia
orado
Mauritania
swana
Nigeria
swick
Uganda
a Cruz
Romania
ombia
Honduras
Mali
Rio Negro
uyana
Thailand
fornia
Sierra Leone
ngolia
orado
Mauritania
swana
Nigeria
swick
Uganda
a Cruz
Romania
ombia
Honduras
Mali
Rio Negro
uyana
Thailand
fornia
Sierra Leone
ngolia
Uruguay
Jujuy
Ghana Bulgaria
Fiji Niger
mania Solomon Islands
lberta Guatemala
enland Lesotho
Encourages
uador Egypt Investment
hubut Greece
aragua Kenya Not a Deterrent to
Investment
nzania Hungary
Coast Malaysia
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Figure 4: The Position Survey Respondents Hold in Their Company, 2014
Company president 40.55%

Vice president 15.71%
Manager 14.23%
Other Senior Manageme 13.16%
Consultant 4.46%
Other 11.89%
Manager
14%
Vice president
16%
Company president
41%
in Their Company, 2014
Manager
14%
Other Senior Management

13%
president
16%
Consultant
4%
Other
12%
ompany president
41%
Figure 5: Company Focus as Indicated by Respondents, 2014
An explora 50.83%
A producer 7.29%
A produce 20.00%
A consulti 11.46%
Other 10.42%
An exploration comp
51%
Other
10%
ndents, 2014
An exploration company
51%
A producer company with less than US$50M
7%
A producer company with more than US$50M

20%
Other
10%
A consulting company
11%
Figure 6: Room for Improvement
Jurisdiction Best Current Improvement
Lesotho 0.3 0.5 -20%
Uruguay 0.36 0.5 -14% Papua New Guinea
Greenland 0.61 0.67 -6% Brazil
Botswana 0.65 0.68 -3% Santa Cruz
Nova Scotia 0.48 0.5 -2% Mongolia
Finland 0.77 0.79 -2% Indonesia
Norway 0.53 0.55 -2% Russia
Myanmar
Sweden 0.69 0.71 -2%
Ecuador
Liberia 0.51 0.51 0%
California
Hungary 0.2 0.2 0%
Bolivia
Serbia 0.46 0.46 0% Laos
Spain 0.45 0.45 0% Democratic Republic of Congo
Burkina Faso 0.56 0.55 1% Montana
Poland 0.47 0.45 2% China
Saskatchewan 0.8 0.78 2% Zimbabwe
Newfoundland & L 0.76 0.73 3% India
Ireland 0.67 0.64 3% Guinea (Conakry)
Chubut
New Brunswick 0.65 0.61 4%
Venezuela
Morocco 0.69 0.64 5%
Guyana 0.63 0.57 6% Philippines
Greece 0.3 0.23 7% Idaho
Turkey 0.48 0.41 7% Dominican Republic
Portugal 0.58 0.5 8% Colombia
Alberta 0.62 0.53 9% Nigeria
Nicaragua 0.6 0.51 9% British Columbia
Egypt 0.3 0.2 10% Mendoza
Ethiopia
Malaysia 0.2 0.1 10%
Nunavut
Michigan 0.67 0.57 10%
Northern Territory 0.68 0.58 10% Peru
Western Australia 0.8 0.7 10% Madagascar
Wyoming 0.77 0.66 11% Yukon
Rio Negro 0.38 0.27 11% Mali
Bulgaria 0.33 0.22 11% Sudan
New South Wales 0.54 0.43 11% South Sudan
South Australia 0.75 0.63 12% Honduras
South Africa
Solomon Islands 0.32 0.2 12%
Alaska
French Guiana 0.5 0.38 12%
Neuquen
Sierra Leone 0.36 0.23 13% San Juan
Manitoba 0.81 0.68 13% Jujuy
France 0.5 0.37 13% Washington
New Zealand 0.59 0.45 14% Minnesota
Uganda 0.41 0.27 14% Suriname
Victoria 0.46 0.31 15% Salta
Catamarca
Mexico
Queensland
Colorado
New Mexico
Washington
Minnesota
Suriname
Salta
Kenya 0.23 0.08 15% Catamarca
Mexico
Namibia 0.71 0.55 16%
Queensland
Ghana 0.62 0.45 17%
Colorado
Nevada 0.86 0.69 17% New Mexico
Mozambique 0.55 0.38 17% Thailand
Panama 0.57 0.38 19% Tanzania
Fiji 0.62 0.43 19% Angola
Niger 0.33 0.14 19% Vietnam
Utah 0.74 0.54 20% Mauritania
La Rioja 0.45 0.25 20% Ivory Coast
Guatemala
Chile 0.81 0.61 20%
Romania
Eritrea 0.53 0.32 21%
Kyrgyzstan
Quebec 0.8 0.59 21% Zambia
Arizona 0.78 0.57 21% Ontario
Tasmania 0.62 0.4 22%
-20% 0%
Cambodia 0.44 0.22 22%
Kazakhstan 0.54 0.32 22%
Ontario 0.76 0.53 23%
Zambia 0.76 0.53 23%
Kyrgyzstan 0.47 0.24 23%
Romania 0.41 0.18 23%
Guatemala 0.32 0.09 23%
Ivory Coast 0.6 0.36 24%
Mauritania 0.44 0.2 24%
Vietnam 0.57 0.32 25%
Angola 0.45 0.2 25%
Tanzania 0.6 0.35 25%
Thailand 0.38 0.13 25%
New Mexico 0.68 0.43 25%
Colorado 0.66 0.39 27%
Queensland 0.75 0.48 27%
Mexico 0.78 0.51 27%
Catamarca 0.75 0.45 30%
Salta 0.74 0.44 30%
Suriname 0.51 0.21 30%
Minnesota 0.74 0.43 31%
Washington 0.51 0.2 31%
Jujuy 0.62 0.31 31%
San Juan 0.76 0.45 31%
Neuquen 0.54 0.23 31%
Alaska 0.85 0.53 32%
South Africa 0.58 0.26 32%
Honduras 0.41 0.09 32%
South Sudan 0.5 0.18 32%
Sudan 0.45 0.13 32%
Mali 0.53 0.2 33%
Yukon 0.87 0.53 34%
Madagascar 0.64 0.3 34%
Peru 0.8 0.45 35%
Northwest Territor 0.84 0.48 36%
Nunavut 0.74 0.38 36%
Ethiopia 0.5 0.14 36%
Mendoza 0.45 0.09 36%
British Columbia 0.77 0.4 37%
Nigeria 0.44 0.07 37%
Colombia 0.64 0.27 37%
Dominican Republi 0.5 0.13 37%
Idaho 0.8 0.42 38%
Philippines 0.59 0.2 39%
Central African Rep 0.5 0.11 39%
Venezuela 0.53 0.14 39%
Chubut 0.6 0.19 41%
Guinea (Conakry) 0.6 0.18 42%
India 0.57 0.13 44%
Zimbabwe 0.56 0.12 44%
China 0.53 0.09 44%
Montana 0.73 0.28 45%
Democratic Republ 0.7 0.25 45%
Laos 0.7 0.25 45%
Bolivia 0.55 0.1 45%
California 0.63 0.17 46%
Ecuador 0.6 0.14 46%
Myanmar 0.71 0.25 46%
Russia 0.68 0.22 46%
Indonesia 0.69 0.22 47%
Mongolia 0.63 0.16 47%
Santa Cruz 0.65 0.18 47%
Brazil 0.76 0.29 47%
Papua New Guinea 0.7 0.22 48%
Room for Improvement
Papua New Guinea Kazakhstan

Brazil Cambodia
Santa Cruz Tasmania
Mongolia Arizona
Indonesia Quebec
Russia Eritrea
Myanmar Chile
Ecuador La Rioja
California Utah
Bolivia Niger
Laos Fiji
ocratic Republic of Congo Panama
Montana
Mozambique
China
Nevada
Zimbabwe
Ghana
India
Namibia
Guinea (Conakry)
Kenya
Chubut
Victoria
Venezuela
Uganda
New Zealand
Philippines
France
Idaho
Manitoba
Dominican Republic
Sierra Leone
Colombia
Nigeria French Guiana
British Columbia Solomon Islands
Mendoza South Australia
Ethiopia New South Wales
Nunavut Bulgaria
Northwest Territories Rio Negro
Peru Wyoming
Madagascar Western Australia
Yukon Northern Territory
Mali Michigan
Sudan Malaysia
South Sudan Egypt
Honduras Nicaragua
South Africa Alberta
Alaska Portugal
Neuquen Turkey
San Juan Greece
Jujuy Guyana
Washington Morocco
Minnesota New Brunswick
Suriname Ireland
Salta Newfoundland & Labrador
Catamarca
Saskatchewan
Mexico
Poland
Queensland
Burkina Faso
Colorado
Spain
New Mexico
Washington Morocco
Minnesota New Brunswick
Suriname Ireland
Salta Newfoundland & Labrador
Catamarca
Saskatchewan
Mexico
Poland
Queensland
Burkina Faso
Colorado
Spain
New Mexico
Serbia
Thailand
Hungary
Tanzania
Liberia
Angola
Sweden
Vietnam
Norway
Mauritania
Finland
Ivory Coast
Nova Scotia
Guatemala
Romania Botswana
Kyrgyzstan Greenland
Zambia Uruguay
Ontario Lesotho
-20% 0% 20% 40% 60% -20% 0% 20% 40% 60%

% 40% 60%
Table 4: Current Mineral Potenti
Score
2014 2013 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011
Alberta 0.53 0.64 0.56 0.60 0.53
British Columbia 0.40 0.54 0.51 0.50 0.43
Manitoba 0.68 0.64 0.52 0.64 0.61
New Brunswick 0.61 0.58 0.62 0.54 0.46
Canada

Nova Scotia 0.50 0.51 0.50 0.41 0.38
Nunavut 0.38 0.56 0.55 0.51 0.38
Ontario 0.53 0.54 0.59 0.56 0.60
Quebec 0.59 0.49 0.55 0.65 0.76
Saskatchewan 0.78 0.70 0.72 0.69 0.75
Yukon 0.53 0.64 0.71 0.69 0.66
Alaska 0.53 0.63 0.72 0.68 0.67
Arizona 0.57 0.58 0.60 0.51 0.54
California 0.17 0.32 0.33 0.21 0.20
Colorado 0.39 0.38 0.33 0.26 0.26
Idaho 0.42 0.53 0.52 0.36 0.48
United States
Michigan 0.57 0.55 0.43 0.43 0.36

Minnesota 0.43 0.44 0.43 0.43 0.31
Montana 0.28 0.44 0.41 0.31 0.32
Nevada 0.69 0.71 0.72 0.67 0.73
New Mexico 0.43 0.41 0.46 0.55 0.43
Utah 0.54 0.62 0.61 0.60 0.66
Washington 0.20 0.27 0.24 0.19 0.10
Wyoming 0.66 0.58 0.71 0.63 0.60
New South Wales 0.43 0.47 0.42 0.46 0.39
Australia
Queensland 0.48 0.58 0.56 0.51 0.55

South Australia 0.63 0.60 0.58 0.62 0.56
Tasmania 0.40 0.40 0.34 0.37 0.42
Victoria 0.31 0.42 0.39 0.25 0.35
Fiji 0.43 0.20 * * *
Indonesia 0.22 0.23 0.25 0.29 0.36
Oceania
Malaysia 0.10 0.37 * * *

New Zealand 0.45 0.44 0.54 0.30 0.47
Papua New Guinea 0.22 0.36 0.29 0.60 0.67
Philippines 0.20 0.23 0.26 0.33 0.44
Angola 0.20 0.10 * * *
Botswana 0.68 0.62 0.60 0.75 0.68
Burkina Faso 0.55 0.48 0.55 0.63 0.71
Egypt 0.20 * * * *
Eritrea 0.32 0.33 * * *
Ethiopia 0.14 0.46 * * *
Ghana 0.45 0.45 0.56 0.60 0.57
Guinea(Conakry) 0.18 0.27 0.29 0.36 0.36
Ivory Coast 0.36 0.21 * * *
Kenya 0.08 0.35 * * *
Lesotho*** 0.50 * * * *
Liberia*** 0.51 0.29 * * *
Africa
Madagascar 0.30 0.20 0.12 0.38 0.41

Mali 0.20 0.24 0.33 0.55 0.59
Morocco 0.64 * * * *
Mozambique 0.38 0.25 * * *
Namibia 0.55 0.45 0.50 0.45 0.55
Niger 0.14 0.13 0.40 0.38 0.42
Nigeria 0.07 0.18 * * *
Sierra Leone 0.23 0.25 * * *
South Africa 0.26 0.37 0.28 0.33 0.28
Sudan*** 0.13 * * * *
Tanzania 0.35 0.35 0.42 0.55 0.58
Uganda 0.27 * * * *
Zambia 0.53 0.47 0.38 0.47 0.46
Zimbabwe 0.12 0.15 0.10 0.21 0.16
Argentina ** ** ** ** 0.37
Catamarca 0.45 0.33 0.36 0.36 *
Chubut 0.19 0.18 0.20 0.25 *
Jujuy 0.31 0.40 0.22 0.38 *
Argentina
La Rioja 0.25 0.27 0.18 * *

Mendoza 0.09 0.13 0.30 0.25 *
Neuquen 0.23 0.21 0.32 * *
Rio Negro 0.27 0.17 0.32 0.27 *
Salta 0.44 0.52 0.39 0.45 *
San Juan 0.45 0.30 0.39 0.48 *
Santa Cruz 0.18 0.24 0.19 0.48 *
Bolivia 0.10 0.13 0.06 0.21 0.21
Brazil 0.29 0.31 0.44 0.54 0.60
the Caribbean Basin
Chile 0.61 0.66 0.64 0.69 0.77

Colombia 0.27 0.25 0.47 0.53 0.64
Dominican Republic 0.13 0.24 0.41 0.18 *
Ecuador 0.14 0.05 0.11 0.26 0.16
French Guiana 0.38 0.33 0.32 * *
Guatemala 0.09 0.16 0.08 0.25 0.25
Guyana 0.57 0.33 0.58 0.44 *
Honduras 0.09 0.15 0.06 0.19 0.15
Mexico 0.51 0.46 0.53 0.58 0.64
Nicaragua 0.51 0.32 * * *
Panama 0.38 0.43 0.45 0.22 0.40
Peru 0.45 0.44 0.49 0.42 0.59
Suriname 0.21 0.29 0.33 0.25 *
Uruguay 0.50 0.23 * * *
Venezuela 0.14 0.08 0.10 0.11 0.10
Cambodia 0.22 * * * *
China 0.09 0.16 0.30 0.30 0.33
India 0.13 0.33 0.28 0.25 0.31
Kazakhstan 0.32 0.32 0.31 0.32 0.38
Kyrgyzstan 0.24 0.06 0.39 0.30 0.38
Asia
Laos 0.25 0.23 * 0.30 *

Mongolia 0.16 0.22 0.27 0.44 0.53
Myanmar 0.25 0.19 * * *
Thailand 0.13 0.41 * * *
Vietnam 0.32 0.28 0.27 0.30 0.43
Bulgaria 0.22 0.30 0.36 0.23 0.38
Finland 0.79 0.63 0.74 0.59 0.66
France 0.37 0.34 * * *
Greenland 0.67 0.61 0.76 0.72 0.73
Greece 0.23 0.25 0.13 * *
Hungary*** 0.20 * * * *
Ireland 0.64 0.58 0.52 0.49 0.45
Europe
Norway 0.55 0.59 0.57 0.32 0.47

Poland 0.45 0.39 0.29 0.45 *
Portugal 0.50 0.39 * * *
Romania 0.18 0.15 0.30 0.28 0.20
Russia 0.22 0.17 0.40 0.30 0.30
Serbia 0.46 0.33 0.50 * *
Spain 0.45 0.47 0.48 0.34 0.41
Sweden 0.71 0.64 0.73 0.59 0.65
Turkey 0.41 0.53 0.57 0.50 0.57
Notes: *Not Available; **Argentina is no longer reported as a single jurisdiction (we now report separately on the sub-nationa
Current Mineral Potential Index
Rank
2014 2013 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011
25/122 9/112 24/96 18/93 32 /79
55/122 25/112 34/96 35/93 42 /79
7/122 10/112 33/96 11/93 17 /79
14/122 20/112 12/96 27/93 38 /79
3/122 2/112 14/96 8/93 25 /79
38/122 30/112 18/96 46/93 59 /79
33/122 31/112 37/96 51/93 51 /79
57/122 23/112 28/96 30/93 50 /79
29/122 26/112 17/96 23/93 19 /79
16/122 32/112 26/96 9/93 2 /79
2/122 4/112 5/96 4/93 3 /79
26/122 7/112 7/96 3/93 11 /79
28/122 11/112 6/96 6/93 9/ 79
20/122 19/112 15/96 31/93 31 /79
103/122 67/112 64/96 88/93 72 /79
56/122 53/112 63/96 77/93 68 /79
52/122 28/112 32/96 59/93 34 /79
18/122 24/112 45/96 48/93 57 /79
49/122 43/112 44/96 49/93 63 /79
71/122 44/112 50/96 66/93 62 /79
6/122 3/112 4/96 7/93 4 /79
48/122 48/112 41/96 24/93 43 /79
24/122 13/112 13/96 15/93 13 /79
93/122 76/112 82/96 91/93 78 /79
10/122 22/112 8/96 12/93 20 /79
50/122 34/112 46/96 41/93 49 /79
17/122 6/112 10/96 22/93 30 /79
37/122 18/112 25/96 32/93 28 /79
13/122 16/112 20/96 14/93 27 /79
54/122 50/112 61/96 56/93 45 /79
67/122 46/112 57/96 78/93 60 /79
5/122 1/112 9/96 10/93 8 /79
51/122 94/112 * * *
84/122 88/112 81/96 73/93 58 /79
115/122 54/112 * * *
41/122 41/112 29/96 68/93 35 /79
85/122 56/112 73/96 16/93 10 /79
94/122 86/112 80/96 63/93 40 /79
95/122 * * * *
90/122 109/112 * * *
8/122 14/112 16/96 1/93 7 /79
23/122 33/112 27/96 13/93 6 /79
114/122 * * * *
79/122 74/112 83/96 55/93 70 /79
91/122 * * * *
65/122 60/112 * * *
107/122 38/112 * * *
42/122 40/112 23/96 17/93 24 /79
99/122 77/112 74/96 58/93 56 /79
62/122 91/112 * * *
121/122 58/112 * * *
34/122 * * * *
30/122 72/112 * * *
69/122 95/112 90/96 52/93 46 /79
96/122 84/112 65/96 26/93 21 /79
97/122 * * * *
11/122 * * * *
58/122 79/112 * * *
21/122 39/112 35/96 44/93 29 /79
105/122 108/112 52/96 52/93 44 /79
122/122 97/112 * * *
82/122 80/112 * * *
75/122 55/112 77/96 62/93 66 /79
100/122 * * * *
110/122 * * * *
63/122 57/112 47/96 25/93 23 /79
72/122 * * * *
27/122 36/112 58/96 39 /93 37 /79
113/122 103/112 92/96 87 /93 74 /79
** ** ** ** 55 /79
44/122 64/112 60/96 57 /93 *
98/122 98/112 85/96 78 /93 *
68/122 49/112 84/96 52 /93 *
76/122 78/112 87/96 * *
117/122 107/112 70/96 78 /93 *
83/122 92/112 67/96 * *
73/122 99/112 66/96 75 /93 *
47/122 29/112 54/96 42 /93 *
40/122 71/112 55/96 37 /93 *
102/122 83/112 86/96 38 /93 *
116/122 106/112 96/96 89 /93 71 /79
70/122 69/112 43/96 28 /93 18 /79
15/122 5/112 11/96 5 /93 1 /79
74/122 82/112 40/96 29 /93 16 /79
111/122 85/112 49/96 92 /93 *
106/122 112/112 91/96 76 /93 74 /79
59/122 61/112 68/96 * *
118/122 102/112 94/96 78 /93 69 /79
19/122 62/112 19/96 45 /93 *
119/122 105/112 95/96 90 /93 76 /79
31/122 37/112 30/96 21 /93 15 /79
32/122 66/112 * * *
60/122 45/112 42/96 86 /93 48 /79
46/122 42/112 38/96 50 /93 22 /79
89/122 73/112 62/96 78 /93 *
35/122 89/112 * * *
108/122 110/112 93/96 93 /93 77 /79
86/122 * * * *
120/122 101/112 72/96 69 /93 61 /79
112/122 65/112 76/96 78 /93 64 /79
64/122 68/112 69/96 65 /93 51 /79
80/122 111/112 56/96 72 /93 51 /79
77/122 87/112 * 69 /93 *
104/122 90/112 79/96 47 /93 33 /79
78/122 96/112 * * *
109/122 47/112 * * *
66/122 75/112 78/96 69 /93 41 /79
87/122 70/112 59/96 84 /93 51 /79
1/122 12/112 2/96 19 /93 12 /79
61/122 59/112 * * *
9/122 15/112 1/96 2 /93 5 /79
81/122 81/112 88/96 * *
92/122 * * * *
12/122 21/112 31/96 36 /93 39 /79
22/122 17/112 21/96 64 /93 36 /79
45/122 51/112 75/96 42 /93 *
36/122 52/112 * * *
101/122 104/112 71/96 74 /93 *
88/122 100/112 53/96 67 /93 65 /79
39/122 63/112 36/96 * *
43/122 35/112 39/96 60 /93 47 /79
4/122 8/112 3/96 20 /93 14/79
53/122 27/112 22/96 33 /93 26/79
rately on the sub-national jurisdictions); ***Between 5 and 9 responses.
Figure 7: Current Mineral Potential Index
Jurisdictio Encourag Not a DetSum
Nigeria 0% 7% 7%
Kenya 0% 8% 8%
Finland
Mendoza 0% 9% 9%
Saskatchewan
China 6% 3% 9%
Guatemala 9% 0% 9% Sweden
Honduras 9% 0% 9% Western Australia
Malaysia 0% 10% 10% Nevada
Bolivia 10% 0% 10% Botswana
Central Afr 0% 11% 11% Manitoba
Zimbabwe 8% 4% 12% Greenland
Wyoming
Sudan 0% 13% 13%
Ireland
Dominican 0% 13% 13%
Morocco
India 0% 13% 13% South Australia
Thailand 13% 0% 13% Chile
Ethiopia 0% 14% 14% New Brunswick
Niger 0% 14% 14% Quebec
Ecuador 8% 6% 14% Northern Territory
Venezuela 9% 5% 14% Guyana
Michigan
Mongolia 13% 3% 16%
Arizona
California 11% 6% 17% Norway
Santa Cruz 0% 18% 18% Namibia
Romania 0% 18% 18% Burkina Faso
Guinea(Con 6% 12% 18% Utah
South Sud 9% 9% 18% Zambia
Chubut 6% 13% 19% Alaska
Yukon
Washingto 5% 15% 20%
Ontario
Philippines 11% 9% 20%
Alberta
Solomon Is 13% 7% 20% Nicaragua
Angola 10% 10% 20% Mexico
Egypt 10% 10% 20% Liberia
Madagasca 13% 7% 20% Portugal
Mauritania 13% 7% 20% Uruguay
Hungary 0% 20% 20% Lesotho
Nova Scotia
Suriname 14% 7% 21%
Queensland
Indonesia 14% 8% 22%
Papua New 12% 10% 22% Serbia
Cambodia 11% 11% 22% Spain
Bulgaria 0% 22% 22% Poland
Russia 7% 15% 22% Peru
Sierra Leo 9% 14% 23% San Juan
Neuquen 9% 14% 23% Catamarca
Ghana
Greece 0% 23% 23%
New Zealand
Salta
Fiji
New South Wales
New Mexico
Peru
San Juan
Catamarca
Ghana
New Zealand
Kyrgyzstan 7% 17% 24% Salta
Democratic 14% 11% 25% Fiji
La Rioja 10% 15% 25% New South Wales
Laos 10% 15% 25% New Mexico
Myanmar 25% 0% 25% Minnesota
South Afric 14% 12% 26% Idaho
Turkey
Uganda 12% 15% 27%
Tasmania
Rio Negro 15% 12% 27%
British Columbia
Colombia 11% 16% 27% Colorado
Montana 14% 14% 28% Panama
Brazil 9% 20% 29% French Guiana
Mali 14% 16% 30% Mozambique
Victoria 7% 24% 31% Nunavut
Jujuy 15% 16% 31% France
Ivory Coast
Eritrea 19% 13% 32%
Tanzania
Kazakhstan 9% 23% 32%
Vietnam 25% 7% 32% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Tanzania 14% 21% 35%

Ivory Coast 19% 17% 36%
France 8% 29% 37%
Nunavut 22% 16% 38%
Mozambiq 17% 21% 38%
French Gui 13% 25% 38%
Panama 13% 25% 38%
Colorado 19% 20% 39%
British Col 21% 19% 40%
Tasmania 20% 20% 40%
Turkey 6% 35% 41%
Idaho 23% 19% 42%
Minnesota 32% 11% 43%
New Mexic 15% 28% 43%
New South 22% 21% 43%
Fiji 31% 12% 43%
Salta 29% 15% 44%
New Zeala 19% 26% 45%
Ghana 18% 27% 45%
Catamarca 30% 15% 45%
San Juan 17% 28% 45%
Peru 21% 24% 45%
Poland 13% 32% 45%
Spain 11% 34% 45%
Serbia 9% 37% 46%
Northwest T 30% 18% 48%
Queenslan 25% 23% 48%
Nova Scoti 25% 25% 50%
Lesotho 40% 10% 50%
Uruguay 14% 36% 50%
Portugal 15% 35% 50%
Liberia 29% 22% 51%
Mexico 25% 26% 51%
Nicaragua 46% 5% 51%
Alberta 41% 12% 53%
Ontario 35% 18% 53%
Yukon 30% 23% 53%
Alaska 38% 15% 53%
Zambia 28% 25% 53%
Utah 26% 28% 54%
Burkina Fa 35% 20% 55%
Namibia 33% 22% 55%
Norway 30% 25% 55%
Arizona 30% 27% 57%
Michigan 40% 17% 57%
Guyana 53% 4% 57%
Northern Te 33% 25% 58%
Quebec 44% 15% 59%
New Bruns 34% 27% 61%
Chile 41% 20% 61%
South Austr 36% 27% 63%
Morocco 46% 18% 64%
Ireland 41% 23% 64%
Wyoming 43% 23% 66%
Greenland 47% 20% 67%
Manitoba 46% 22% 68%
Botswana 46% 22% 68%
Nevada 45% 24% 69%
Western Au 49% 21% 70%
Sweden 52% 19% 71%
Newfoundl 45% 28% 73%
Saskatche 59% 19% 78%
Finland 58% 21% 79%
Vietnam
Kazakhstan
Eritrea
Jujuy
Victoria
Mali
Brazil
Montana
Colombia
Rio Negro
Uganda
South Africa
Myanmar
Laos
La Rioja
Kyrgyzstan
Greece
Neuquen
Sierra Leone
Russia
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Papua New Guinea
Indonesia
Suriname
Hungary
Mauritania
Madagascar
Egypt
Angola
Solomon Islands
Philippines
Washington
Chubut
South Sudan
Guinea(Conakry)
Romania
Santa Cruz
California
Mongolia
Venezuela
Ecuador
Niger
Ethiopia
Thailand
India
Santa Cruz
California
Mongolia
Venezuela
Ecuador
Niger
Ethiopia
Thailand
India
Dominican Republic
Sudan
Zimbabwe
Bolivia
Malaysia
Honduras
Guatemala Encourages Investment
China
Mendoza Not a Deterrent to
Investment
Kenya
Nigeria
0% 40% 60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Figure 8: Investment Attractiveness Index-Canada
Jurisdictio Investment Attractiveness
Nova Scoti 62.6
Nunavut 70 Saskatchewan
British Col 70.5 Manitoba
Ontario 74.5 Quebec
Alberta 74.8
New Bruns 74.9
Northwest T 76 Yukon
Yukon 80.1 Northwest Territories

Newfoundl 80.7 New Brunswick
Quebec 81.5 Alberta
Manitoba 82.9
Ontario
Saskatche 83.6
British Columbia
Nunavut
Nova Scotia
0 20 40
dex-Canada
20 40 60 80 100
Figure 9: Investment Attractiveness Index-United States
Jurisdictio Score Nevada

Washingto 48
Wyoming
California 60.3
New Mexic 66.1 Alaska
Michigan 66.3 Utah
Montana 67.3
Minnesota
Colorado 67.8
Idaho 74.9 Arizona
Arizona 75.5 Idaho
Minnesota 75.7
Colorado
Utah 76.4
Alaska 79.7 Montana
Wyoming 81.4 Michigan
Nevada 83.3
New Mexico
California
Washington
0 20 40 60
40 60 80 100
Figure 10: Investment Attractiveness Index-Australia and Oceania
Western Australia
Jurisdictio Score
Malaysia 14.1 South Australia
Solomon Is 27.3 Queensland
Philippines 37.2
Northern Territory
Indonesia 47.4
Papua New 48.5 Tasmania
Victoria 51.2 New Zealand
Fiji 58.4
New South Wales
New South 58.9
New Zeala 61.6 Fiji
Tasmania 65.3 Victoria
Northern Te 68.5
Papua New Guinea
Queenslan 71.5
South Austr 75.1 Indonesia
Western Au 82 Philippines
Solomon Islands
Malaysia
0 20 40 60
tralia and Oceania
40 60 80 100
Figure 11: Investment Attractiveness Index-Africa
Namibia
Botswana
Jurisdictio Score
Zambia
Kenya 21.8 Morocco
Egypt 28.6 Ghana
Nigeria 30.4 Burkina Faso
Sudan 31 Mali
South Sud 33.4 Tanzania
Central Afr 34 Ivory Coast
Ethiopia 35 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Lesotho 35.6 South Africa
Niger 36.5 Liberia
Sierra Leo 36.5 Guinea (Conakry)
Zimbabwe 37.4 Eritrea
Angola 42.4 Mozambique
Uganda 42.6 Madagascar
Mauritania 43.7 Mauritania
Madagasca 45.4 Uganda
Mozambiq 46.1 Angola
Eritrea 46.7 Zimbabwe
Guinea (Co 48.5 Sierra Leone
Liberia 51.1 Niger
South Afric 52.6 Lesotho
Democratic 52.8 Ethiopia
Ivory Coast 55.3 Central African Republic
Tanzania 57.6 South Sudan
Mali 57.8 Sudan
Burkina Fa 59.1 Nigeria
Ghana 60.4 Egypt
Morocco 64 Kenya
Zambia 66.2 0 20 40
Botswana 71.5
Namibia 72.4
20 40 60 80 100
Figure 12: Investment Attractiveness Index-Argentina, and Latin America a
Chile
Jurisdictio Score Salta
Honduras 26 San Juan
Guatemala 29.7 Peru
Mendoza 35.7
Mexico
Dominican 36.6
Catamarca
Venezuela 37.6
Bolivia 41.1 Jujuy
La Rioja 42 Brazil
Suriname 42.6 Guyana
Rio Negro 43.4 Colombia
French Gui 43.4 Nicaragua
Uruguay 44.6 Panama
Ecuador 45.9
Santa Cruz
Chubut 48.4
Neuquen
Neuquen 48.7
Santa Cruz 51 Chubut
Panama 52 Ecuador
Nicaragua 52.8 Uruguay
Colombia 55.2 French Guiana
Guyana 58.1 Rio Negro
Brazil 58.5 Suriname
Jujuy 61.5
La Rioja
Catamarca 66.6
Bolivia
Mexico 67.6
Peru 69.6 Venezuela
San Juan 72.8 Dominican Republic

Salta 75.5 Mendoza
Chile 77.2 Guatemala
Honduras
0 20 40
entina, and Latin America and the Caribbean Basin
40 60 80 100
Figure 13: Investment Attractiveness Index-Asia
Myanmar
Jurisdictio Score India

Kyrgyzstan 39.1
China 39.8 Laos
Thailand 43.4
Kazakhstan
Mongolia 44.3
Vietnam 44.3 Cambodia
Cambodia 45.9
Kazakhstan 49.4 Vietnam
Laos 50
Mongolia
India 53.2
Myanmar 61.1 Thailand
China
Kyrgyzstan
0 20 40 60
40 60 80 100
Figure 14: Investment Attractiveness Index-Europe
Finland
Jurisdictio Score Ireland

Hungary 20.5
Sweden
Bulgaria 30.2
Romania 32 Greenland
Greece 32.2
Norway
Serbia 36.9
Spain 40 Portugal
Poland 44.4
France
Turkey 46.2
Russia 53 Russia
France 55.1
Turkey
Portugal 60.2
Norway 62.3 Poland
Greenland 62.9 Spain
Sweden 78.1
Ireland 78.3 Serbia
Finland 83.8 Greece
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
0 20 40 60
40 60 80 100
Regional Median Investment Attractiveness Scores 2010-2014
Region 2010/20112011/20122012/2013 2013 2014
Canada 74 75 72 76 75
United St 63 64 59 67 75
Australia 68 71 68 74 69
Oceania 60 56 53 51 47 Figure 15: Median Investme
Africa 60 56 48 47 46
Argentina 56 52 49 34 50
Latin Am 53 43 42 41 46
Asia 57 46 48 46 45
Europe 61 60 58 59 50
80
70
60
50
40
Canada
30 United States
Australia
Oceania
20 Africa
Argentina
Latin American and Caribbean
10
Asia
Europe
0
2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013
igure 15: Median Investment Attractiveness Index Score
2013 2014
Regional Median PPI Scores 2010-2014
Region 2010/20112011/20122012/2013 2013 2014
Canada 71 78 80 75 84 12%
United Sta 55 67 62 76 71 -6%
Australia 62 66 66 74 69 -7% Figure 16: Median Polic
Oceania 28 24 20 28 16 -42%
Africa 40 45 32 31 40 29%
Argentina 32 31 45 19 46 137%
Latin Amer 28 27 34 31 34 9%
Asia 33 17 20 22 35 60%
Europe 62 58 54 61 42 -31% Figure 16: Median Policy Percep
90
80
70
Index Score
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013
Canada United States

Figure 16: Median Policy Perception Index Score
gure 16: Median Policy Perception Index Score
Canada
United States
Australia
Europe
Argentina
Africa
Asia
Latin America and
Caribbean
Oceania
2013 2014
United States Canada

Figure 17: Changes in the Time to Permit Approval over the Last 10 Years
Shortened 2%
Shortened 13%
Lengthened Considerably
Stayed the 20%
Lengthene 26%
Lengthened 39% Lengthened Somewhat
Stayed the Same
Shortened Somewhat
Shortened Considerably
0% 10% 20% 30%

20% 30% 40% 50%
Figure 18: Changes in the Cost of Transporting Goods to Market over the La
Decreased 0%
Decreased 8% Increased Considerably
Stayed the 46%
Increased 36%
Increased 11% Increased Somewhat
Stayed the Same
Decreased Somewhat
Decreased Considerably
0% 10% 20% 30%

Goods to Market over the Last 10 Years
% 30% 40% 50%

Figure 19: Uncertainty Concerning the Administration, Interpretation and Enforcem

South Sud 0% 0% 0% Portugal
Venezuela 4% 0% 4% Ireland
China 0% 5% 5% Western Australia
Zimbabwe 3% 3% 7% Saskatchewan
La Rioja 8% 0% 8% Nevada
Greenland
Mendoza 0% 10% 10%
Botswana
Sudan 0% 11% 11% South Australia
Chubut 0% 11% 11% Finland
Bolivia 4% 8% 12% Northern Territory
Indonesia 2% 11% 14% Sweden
Honduras 0% 14% 14% Wyoming
Philippines 10% 5% 14% New Brunswick
Chile
Ecuador 3% 13% 16%
Mongolia 5% 11% 16% Manitoba
Angola 8% 8% 17% Nicaragua
Egypt 0% 17% 17% Mexico
Washingto 0% 17% 17% Norway
Montana 8% 10% 18% Alberta
Morocco
Guatemala 9% 9% 18%
Guyana
California 2% 19% 21%
Burkina Faso
Myanmar 15% 8% 23% Ghana
Democratic 9% 15% 24% Ivory Coast
Kyrgyzstan 12% 12% 24% Utah
Hungary 13% 13% 25% Yukon
Romania 7% 20% 27% Uruguay
Namibia
Solomon Is 0% 27% 27%
Mauritania
Ethiopia 0% 27% 27%
Peru
South Afric 9% 18% 27% Quebec
Colorado 11% 19% 30% Nova Scotia
Santa Cruz 15% 15% 30% Panama
Cambodia 10% 20% 30% San Juan
Kenya 15% 15% 31% Poland
Arizona
Russia 19% 13% 31%
Liberia
Central Afr 8% 25% 33%
Idaho
French Gui 11% 22% 33% Salta
Greece 7% 27% 33% Queensland
Minnesota 15% 20% 35% Spain
Bulgaria 9% 27% 36% Zambia
Niger 16% 21% 37% Uganda
Fiji
Rio Negro 25% 13% 38%
Thailand
Tanzania
Nunavut
Michigan
Mali
Suriname
Zambia
Uganda
Fiji
Thailand
Tanzania
Guinea(Con 10% 29% 38% Nunavut
Mozambiq 8% 31% 39% Michigan
Kazakhstan 8% 31% 39% Mali
Papua New 7% 32% 39% Suriname
Victoria 9% 30% 39% Turkey
Laos
Tasmania 8% 32% 40%
Brazil 5% 36% 41%
Colombia
Malaysia 0% 42% 42% Ontario
British Col 20% 22% 42% Sierra Leone
Neuquen 17% 25% 42% Serbia
Madagasca 25% 19% 44% France
New South 16% 28% 44% Nigeria
Lesotho
India 22% 22% 44%
New Mexico
Vietnam 11% 33% 44%
Eritrea
Catamarca 23% 23% 46% Alaska
New Zeala 10% 37% 47%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Jujuy 27% 20% 47%
Alaska 20% 27% 47%
Eritrea 12% 35% 47%
New Mexic 3% 45% 48%
Lesotho 0% 50% 50%
Nigeria 20% 30% 50%
France 21% 29% 50%
Serbia 7% 43% 50%
Sierra Leo 6% 44% 50%
Ontario 22% 30% 51%
Colombia 20% 33% 53%
Laos 9% 46% 55%
Turkey 10% 45% 55%
Suriname 22% 33% 56%
Mali 16% 41% 56%
Nunavut 24% 35% 59%
Thailand 10% 50% 60%
Fiji 7% 53% 60%
Uganda 20% 40% 60%
Zambia 17% 44% 61%
Spain 12% 50% 62%
Salta 43% 19% 62%
Idaho 9% 53% 63%
Liberia 25% 38% 63%
Arizona 20% 44% 64%
Poland 18% 47% 65%
San Juan 40% 25% 65%
Panama 15% 50% 65%
Quebec 36% 29% 66%
Peru 27% 39% 66%
Mauritania 0% 67% 67%
Namibia 27% 40% 67%
Uruguay 11% 56% 67%
Yukon 27% 41% 69%
Utah 25% 44% 69%
Ghana 36% 33% 70%
Guyana 24% 47% 71%
Morocco 29% 43% 72%
Alberta 52% 21% 73%
Norway 24% 52% 76%
Mexico 24% 54% 78%
Chile 38% 43% 81%
New Bruns 45% 37% 82%
Wyoming 48% 35% 83%
Sweden 60% 23% 83%
Finland 58% 26% 84%
Nevada 33% 58% 91%
Ireland 60% 36% 96%
Portugal 41% 59% 100%
terpretation and Enforcement of Existing Regulations
Jujuy
New Zealand
Catamarca
Vietnam
India
New South Wales
Madagascar
Neuquen
British Columbia
Malaysia
Brazil
Tasmania
Victoria
Papua New Guinea
Kazakhstan
Mozambique
Guinea(Conakry)
Dominican Republic
Rio Negro
Niger
Bulgaria
Minnesota
Greece
French Guiana
Russia
Kenya
Cambodia
Santa Cruz
Colorado
South Africa
Ethiopia
Solomon Islands
Romania
Hungary
Kyrgyzstan
Myanmar
California
Guatemala
Montana
Washington
Egypt
Angola
Mongolia
Ecuador
California
Guatemala
Montana
Washington
Egypt
Angola
Mongolia
Ecuador
Philippines
Honduras
Indonesia
Bolivia
Chubut
Sudan
Mendoza
La Rioja Encourages
Zimbabwe Investment
China Not a Deterrent to

Venezuela Investment
South Sudan
60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Figure 20: Uncertainty Concerning Environmental Regulations
Jurisdictio EncouragesNot a DeteSum

Fiji
French Gui 0% 0% 0%
Morocco
California 0% 7% 7%
Botswana
Venezuela 4% 7% 11% Liberia
Washingto 0% 13% 13% Serbia
Mendoza 0% 14% 14% Myanmar
Ecuador 0% 17% 17% Mozambique
Bulgaria 0% 17% 17% Burkina Faso
Lesotho
Tasmania 8% 12% 19%
Eritrea
Montana 3% 18% 21% Guyana
La Rioja 8% 15% 23% Mali
New Zeala 0% 23% 23% Russia
Chubut 0% 24% 24% Niger
Minnesota 20% 5% 25% New Brunswick
Zambia
Greece 0% 25% 25%
Ghana
Romania 0% 25% 25%
Cambodia
British Col 4% 23% 27% Mauritania
Colorado 2% 26% 28% Saskatchewan
France 0% 29% 29% Ivory Coast
Indonesia 5% 25% 30% Portugal
New Mexic 7% 23% 30% Mexico
Tanzania
Bolivia 4% 29% 33%
Uganda
Michigan 7% 27% 33%
Sierra Leone
Nunavut 13% 22% 35% Namibia
Brazil 2% 33% 35% Nevada
Honduras 0% 36% 36% Laos
Alaska 8% 28% 36% Ethiopia
New South 7% 29% 36% Western Australia
Wyoming
Guatemala 9% 27% 36% South Australia
Northwest T 8% 29% 37% Ireland
Hungary 0% 38% 38% Greenland
Rio Negro 19% 19% 38% India
Kyrgyzstan 6% 31% 38% San Juan
Santa Cruz 15% 25% 40% Egypt
Northern Territory
Zimbabwe 0% 41% 41% Peru
Malaysia 0% 42% 42% Sweden
Neuquen 17% 25% 42% Manitoba
Kazakhstan 17% 25% 42% Nova Scotia
Victoria 9% 33% 42% Madagascar
Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC)
Arizona 6% 37% 43%
Finland
Papua New Guinea
Salta
Guinea (Conakry)
Catamarca
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
Madagascar
Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC)
Finland
China 5% 38% 43%
Papua New Guinea
Dominican 6% 38% 44% Salta
Sudan 0% 44% 44% Guinea (Conakry)
Suriname 11% 33% 44% Catamarca
Mongolia 6% 39% 45% South Africa
Spain 4% 42% 46% Chile
Alberta
Idaho 9% 38% 47%
Turkey
Ontario 14% 35% 49% Thailand
Angola 8% 42% 50% Panama
Nicaragua 8% 42% 50% Nigeria
Colombia 15% 37% 51% Utah
Poland 6% 47% 53% Yukon
Jujuy 27% 27% 53% Norway
Quebec
Kenya 8% 46% 54%
Vietnam
South Sud 0% 55% 55%
Solomon Is 9% 46% 55% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Uruguay 0% 56% 56%

Vietnam 0% 56% 56%
Quebec 18% 39% 57%
Norway 10% 48% 57%
Yukon 10% 49% 59%
Utah 22% 38% 59%
Nigeria 0% 60% 60%
Panama 10% 50% 60%
Turkey 10% 50% 60%
Alberta 33% 27% 61%
Chile 16% 45% 61%
South Afric 11% 50% 61%
Guinea (Co 14% 48% 62%
Salta 38% 24% 62%
Papua New 6% 56% 63%
Finland 23% 42% 65%
Democratic 9% 56% 65%
Madagasca 6% 59% 65%
Sweden 31% 35% 66%
Peru 12% 54% 66%
Egypt 17% 50% 67%
San Juan 24% 43% 67%
India 11% 56% 67%
Ireland 28% 40% 68%
Wyoming 31% 41% 72%
Ethiopia 0% 73% 73%
Laos 9% 64% 73%
Nevada 17% 56% 73%
Namibia 23% 50% 73%
Uganda 15% 60% 75%
Mexico 16% 60% 76%
Cambodia 22% 56% 78%
Ghana 19% 59% 78%
Zambia 13% 65% 78%
New Bruns 29% 50% 79%
Niger 16% 63% 79%
Russia 6% 75% 81%
Mali 15% 67% 82%
Guyana 18% 65% 82%
Eritrea 12% 71% 82%
Lesotho 0% 83% 83%
Myanmar 15% 69% 85%
Serbia 0% 86% 86%
Liberia 22% 67% 89%
Morocco 21% 71% 93%
Fiji 14% 79% 93%
Uruguay
Solomon Islands
South Sudan
Kenya
Jujuy
Poland
Colombia
Nicaragua
Angola
Ontario
Idaho
Spain
Mongolia
Suriname
Sudan
Dominican Republic
China
Arizona
Victoria
Kazakhstan
Neuquen
Malaysia
Zimbabwe
Queensland
Santa Cruz
Kyrgyzstan
Rio Negro
Hungary
Guatemala
Philippines
New South Wales
Alaska
Honduras
Brazil
Nunavut
Michigan
Bolivia
New Mexico
Indonesia
France
Colorado
British Columbia
Romania
Greece
Minnesota
Chubut
Indonesia
France
Colorado
British Columbia
Romania
Greece
Minnesota
Chubut
New Zealand
La Rioja
Montana
Tasmania
Bulgaria
Ecuador
Mendoza Encourages
Investment
Washington
Venezuela Not a Deterrent to
Investment
California
French Guiana
20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Figure 21: Regulatory Duplication and Inconsistencies

Ireland
Mendoza 0% 5% 5%
Greenland
Venezuela 0% 7% 7% Portugal
Bulgaria 0% 8% 8% Botswana
South Sud 0% 9% 9% Sweden
China 0% 10% 10% Saskatchewan
Chubut 0% 11% 11% Uruguay
Indonesia 0% 12% 12% Chile
Mozambique
Romania 0% 13% 13%
Finland
Philippines 0% 14% 14% Mali
Honduras 0% 14% 14% Newfoundland & Labrador
La Rioja 8% 8% 15% Zambia
Mongolia 0% 16% 16% Norway
Angola 8% 8% 17% Fiji
New Brunswick
Zimbabwe 0% 17% 17%
Nova Scotia
Ecuador 3% 14% 17%
Guyana
Kyrgyzstan 0% 18% 18% Western Australia
Washingto 4% 17% 22% Manitoba
Sudan 0% 22% 22% Nevada
Vietnam 0% 22% 22% Namibia
Myanmar 8% 15% 23% Lesotho
South Australia
Wyoming
Mexico
Neuquen 8% 17% 25% San Juan
Bolivia 4% 21% 25% Uganda
Greece 0% 25% 25% Nicaragua
Hungary 0% 25% 25% Morocco
Rio Negro 6% 19% 25% Alberta
Burkina Faso
Utah
Brazil 0% 27% 27%
Yukon
Montana 3% 26% 28% Tanzania
Nigeria 0% 30% 30% Ghana
Malaysia 0% 33% 33% Panama
Central Afr 0% 33% 33% Madagascar
Dominican 0% 33% 33% Quebec
Northern Territory
India 0% 33% 33%
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Jujuy 27% 7% 33% Mauritania
South Afric 7% 27% 34% Liberia
Spain 0% 35% 35% Colombia
Santa Cruz 10% 25% 35% Laos
Victoria 12% 24% 36% Kenya
Eritrea
Salta
Niger
Papua New Guinea
Arizona
Liberia
Colombia
Laos
Kenya
Eritrea
Salta
Ethiopia 0% 36% 36% Niger
New Zeala 3% 33% 37% Papua New Guinea
Russia 0% 38% 38% Arizona
Guinea (Co 10% 29% 38% Ontario
Queenslan 10% 29% 39% Poland
Catamarca
Colorado 8% 31% 40%
Idaho
Michigan 0% 40% 40%
Guatemala
Thailand 10% 30% 40% Peru
New South 11% 30% 41% Minnesota
Egypt 8% 33% 42% Turkey
British Col 8% 34% 42% Cambodia
France 0% 43% 43% Suriname
French Guiana
New Mexic 7% 37% 43%
Nunavut 20% 24% 44%
Alaska 13% 31% 44% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Turkey 10% 35% 45%
Peru 13% 33% 45%
Guatemala 9% 36% 46%
Idaho 6% 39% 46%
Poland 6% 41% 47%
Ontario 12% 36% 48%
Arizona 8% 42% 50%
Niger 21% 32% 53%
Salta 32% 21% 53%
Eritrea 18% 35% 53%
Kenya 0% 54% 54%
Laos 0% 55% 55%
Colombia 8% 48% 55%
Liberia 22% 33% 56%
Serbia 0% 57% 57%
Quebec 20% 39% 59%
Panama 15% 45% 60%
Ghana 18% 42% 61%
Yukon 10% 51% 61%
Utah 10% 52% 61%
Alberta 30% 33% 64%
Morocco 14% 50% 64%
Uganda 10% 55% 65%
San Juan 25% 40% 65%
Mexico 12% 53% 65%
Wyoming 17% 48% 66%
Lesotho 17% 50% 67%
Namibia 27% 40% 67%
Nevada 11% 56% 67%
Guyana 18% 53% 71%
New Bruns 24% 47% 71%
Fiji 14% 57% 71%
Norway 24% 48% 71%
Zambia 17% 57% 74%
Mali 18% 58% 76%
Finland 27% 50% 77%
Mozambiq 0% 77% 77%
Chile 22% 55% 77%
Uruguay 0% 78% 78%
Sweden 30% 50% 80%
Ireland 40% 44% 84%
Ivory Coast
Alaska
Nunavut
New Mexico
France
British Columbia
Egypt
New South Wales
Thailand
Michigan
Colorado
Queensland
Guinea (Conakry)
Russia
New Zealand
Ethiopia
Solomon Islands
Victoria
Santa Cruz
Spain
South Africa
Jujuy
Kazakhstan
India
Dominican Republic
Malaysia
Nigeria
Montana
Brazil
Rio Negro
Hungary
Greece
Bolivia
Neuquen
Tasmania
California
Myanmar
Vietnam
Sudan
Washington
Kyrgyzstan
Ecuador
Zimbabwe
Angola
Mongolia
Vietnam
Sudan
Washington
Kyrgyzstan
Ecuador
Zimbabwe
Angola
Mongolia
La Rioja
Honduras
Philippines
Romania
Indonesia
Chubut
China Encourages
Investment
South Sudan
Bulgaria Not a Deterrent to
Investment
Venezuela
Mendoza
% 60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Figure 22: Legal System

New Brunswick
Indonesia 0% 0% 0%
Manitoba
Egypt 0% 0% 0%
Alberta
Nigeria 0% 0% 0% Finland
Sudan 0% 0% 0% Western Australia
Honduras 0% 0% 0% Nova Scotia
Kyrgyzstan 0% 0% 0% Saskatchewan
Zimbabwe 0% 3% 3% Ireland
Norway
Venezuela 0% 4% 4%
Sweden
China 0% 5% 5% Newfoundland & Labrador
Philippines 0% 5% 5% South Australia
Mongolia 0% 6% 6% Botswana
Democratic 6% 0% 6% Utah
Central Afr 0% 8% 8% Nevada
Northern Territory
Kazakhstan 0% 8% 8%
Wyoming
Solomon Is 0% 9% 9%
Yukon
Angola 9% 0% 9% Idaho
South Sud 0% 9% 9% Tasmania
Guinea(Con 0% 10% 10% Nunavut
Mendoza 5% 5% 10% Queensland
India 11% 0% 11% Michigan
New Mexico
Bolivia 0% 13% 13%
Colorado
Ecuador 0% 13% 13%
British Columbia
Kenya 0% 15% 15% Victoria
Mozambiq 8% 8% 15% Chile
La Rioja 15% 0% 15% Arizona
Brazil 0% 16% 16% New Zealand
Guatemala 9% 9% 18% Quebec
Minnesota
Niger 5% 15% 20%
Papua New 0% 22% 22% Montana
Thailand 11% 11% 22% Greenland
Chubut 6% 17% 22% Ontario
Ivory Coast 4% 19% 23% New South Wales
Myanmar 15% 8% 23% French Guiana
Malaysia 0% 25% 25% Alaska
Portugal
Vietnam 0% 25% 25%
Zambia
Bulgaria 0% 25% 25% Namibia
Romania 0% 25% 25% Poland
Russia 0% 25% 25% Suriname
Dominican 0% 27% 27% Mauritania
Laos 0% 30% 30% Uruguay
Salta
Catamarca
Uganda
Washington
Tanzania
California
Suriname
Mauritania
Uruguay
Salta
Catamarca
Uganda
Greece 0% 31% 31% Washington
Neuquen 8% 25% 33% Tanzania
Cambodia 0% 33% 33% California
Madagasca 6% 28% 33% Peru
Santa Cruz 15% 20% 35% Turkey
Spain
Hungary
Rio Negro 6% 31% 38% France
Colombia 2% 37% 39% Panama
Mali 9% 30% 39% San Juan
Fiji 20% 20% 40% Morocco
Jujuy 27% 13% 40% Lesotho
Eritrea 0% 41% 41% Burkina Faso
Mexico
Guyana 6% 35% 41%
Ethiopia
Serbia 0% 43% 43%
Liberia 22% 22% 44% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Ghana 15% 30% 46%

Ethiopia 0% 46% 46%
Mexico 6% 39% 46%
Lesotho 0% 50% 50%
Morocco 14% 36% 50%
San Juan 25% 25% 50%
Panama 15% 35% 50%
France 7% 43% 50%
Hungary 0% 50% 50%
Spain 4% 46% 50%
Turkey 0% 50% 50%
Peru 6% 44% 50%
Tanzania 6% 46% 52%
Uganda 5% 47% 53%
Salta 35% 20% 55%
Uruguay 33% 22% 56%
Suriname 0% 56% 56%
Poland 6% 50% 56%
Namibia 27% 33% 60%
Zambia 13% 48% 61%
Alaska 28% 38% 66%
New South 22% 47% 69%
Ontario 30% 43% 72%
Montana 26% 49% 74%
Quebec 32% 44% 76%
New Zeala 37% 40% 77%
Arizona 29% 48% 77%
Chile 25% 52% 78%
Victoria 27% 52% 79%
New Mexic 23% 57% 80%
Nunavut 35% 46% 81%
Idaho 30% 52% 82%
Yukon 31% 51% 82%
Wyoming 41% 45% 86%
Nevada 31% 56% 87%
Utah 31% 56% 88%
Sweden 43% 47% 90%
Norway 29% 62% 91%
Ireland 52% 39% 91%
Finland 45% 48% 94%
Alberta 52% 42% 94%
New Bruns 47% 47% 95%
Ghana
Liberia
Serbia
Guyana
Eritrea
Jujuy
Fiji
Mali
Colombia
Rio Negro
Nicaragua
Santa Cruz
Madagascar
Cambodia
Neuquen
Greece
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Laos
Dominican Republic
Russia
Romania
Bulgaria
Vietnam
Malaysia
Myanmar
Ivory Coast
Chubut
Thailand
Papua New Guinea
Niger
Guatemala
Brazil
La Rioja
Mozambique
Kenya
Ecuador
Bolivia
India
Mendoza
Guinea(Conakry)
South Sudan
Angola
Solomon Islands
Kazakhstan
Mendoza
Guinea(Conakry)
South Sudan
Angola
Solomon Islands
Kazakhstan
Mongolia
Philippines
China
Venezuela
Zimbabwe
Kyrgyzstan
Honduras Encourages Investment
Sudan
Nigeria Not a Deterrent to
Investment
Egypt
Indonesia
% 60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Figure 23: Taxation Regime
Jurisdictio EncouragesNot a DeteSum

Ireland
Bolivia 5% 0% 5%
Zimbabwe 0% 7% 7%
Botswana
Honduras 0% 8% 8% Alberta
Santa Cruz 0% 11% 11% Lesotho
Mongolia 5% 5% 11% Sweden
Ecuador 7% 4% 11% Portugal
Mendoza 6% 6% 11% Norway
Manitoba
Venezuela 4% 9% 13%
Finland
La Rioja 17% 0% 17% New Brunswick
Sudan 11% 11% 22% Nova Scotia
Chubut 11% 11% 22% Saskatchewan
Dominican 0% 23% 23% Nevada
Niger 16% 11% 26% Northwest Territories
Utah
Egypt 0% 27% 27%
Namibia
New Zealand
Neuquen 9% 18% 27% Minnesota
South Afric 5% 24% 29% Fiji
Brazil 8% 21% 29% Yukon
Myanmar 8% 23% 31% Alaska
Mexico 5% 28% 33% Panama
Serbia
Morocco
Angola 8% 25% 33%
Nunavut
Greece 0% 33% 33% Burkina Faso
Washingto 5% 29% 33% British Columbia
California 11% 24% 34% Chile
Democratic 6% 28% 34% Cambodia
Guinea (Co 5% 30% 35% Wyoming
Idaho
China 0% 35% 35%
Sierra Leone
Indonesia 0% 36% 36% Tasmania
Suriname 0% 38% 38% South Australia
Kyrgyzstan 13% 25% 38% Ontario
Kenya 0% 39% 39% Tanzania
Mozambiq 8% 31% 39% Nicaragua
Russia 13% 27% 40% Malaysia
Arizona
Greenland
Kazakhstan 8% 33% 42% Vietnam
Jujuy 14% 29% 43% Liberia
Hungary 0% 43% 43% Victoria
Romania 0% 43% 43% New Mexico
Poland 0% 44% 44% New South Wales
Ghana
Nigeria 0% 44% 44%
Western Australia
Colombia
Uganda
Laos
Northern Territory
Victoria
New Mexico
New South Wales
Ghana
Western Australia
San Juan 11% 33% 44%
Colombia
French Gui 0% 44% 44% Uganda
India 11% 33% 44% Laos
Madagasca 6% 39% 45% Northern Territory
Philippines 0% 45% 45% Mali
Ethiopia 0% 46% 46% Spain
Peru
Rio Negro 20% 27% 47%
Turkey
Central Afr 0% 50% 50% Papua New Guinea
Catamarca 17% 33% 50% Uruguay
Thailand 13% 38% 50% Michigan
Montana 9% 43% 52% Guyana
Zambia 0% 52% 52% Quebec
Eritrea 0% 53% 53% Salta
Mauritania
Queensland
France 8% 46% 54%
Guatemala 0% 55% 55% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Bulgaria 9% 46% 55%

Salta 22% 33% 56%
Quebec 23% 33% 56%
Guyana 0% 56% 56%
Uruguay 14% 43% 57%
Turkey 11% 47% 58%
Peru 13% 45% 58%
Spain 0% 58% 58%
Mali 6% 53% 59%
Laos 0% 60% 60%
Uganda 5% 55% 60%
Ghana 7% 55% 61%
New South 7% 55% 62%
New Mexic 10% 52% 62%
Victoria 9% 53% 63%
Liberia 13% 50% 63%
Vietnam 0% 63% 63%
Arizona 16% 47% 63%
Malaysia 9% 55% 64%
Ontario 17% 47% 64%
Idaho 7% 59% 66%
Wyoming 30% 37% 67%
Chile 22% 45% 67%
Nunavut 23% 46% 68%
Morocco 8% 62% 69%
Serbia 8% 62% 69%
Panama 18% 53% 71%
Alaska 19% 52% 71%
Yukon 21% 50% 71%
Fiji 7% 64% 71%
New Zeala 10% 62% 72%
Namibia 14% 59% 72%
Utah 13% 61% 74%
Nevada 14% 61% 75%
New Bruns 28% 50% 78%
Finland 24% 55% 79%
Norway 5% 76% 81%
Sweden 14% 68% 82%
Lesotho 0% 83% 83%
Alberta 39% 45% 84%
Ireland 42% 50% 92%
Bulgaria
Guatemala
France
Colorado
Eritrea
Zambia
Montana
Thailand
Catamarca
Rio Negro
Ethiopia
Philippines
Madagascar
India
French Guiana
San Juan
Nigeria
Poland
Romania
Hungary
Jujuy
Kazakhstan
Ivory Coast
Russia
Mozambique
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Suriname
Indonesia
China
Guinea (Conakry)
California
Washington
Greece
Angola
Solomon Islands
Mexico
Myanmar
Brazil
South Africa
Neuquen
South Sudan
Egypt
Niger
Dominican Republic
Myanmar
Brazil
South Africa
Neuquen
South Sudan
Egypt
Niger
Dominican Republic
Chubut
Sudan
La Rioja
Venezuela
Mendoza
Ecuador
Mongolia Encourages Investment
Santa Cruz
Not a Deterrent to
Honduras
Investment
Zimbabwe
Bolivia
0% 60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Figure 24: Uncertainty Concerning Disputed Land Claims

Portugal
Solomon Is 0% 0% 0%
Namibia
South Sud 0% 9% 9%
Greenland
Zimbabwe 3% 7% 10% France
Papua New 0% 11% 11% Botswana
Venezuela 4% 8% 13% Nevada
Bolivia 5% 10% 15% Ireland
Indonesia 3% 15% 18% Finland
Idaho
Ethiopia
Philippines 0% 20% 20% Sweden
Mendoza 0% 21% 21% Nova Scotia
Romania 0% 21% 21% Vietnam
Ecuador 4% 18% 22% Wyoming
Sudan 0% 22% 22% Mauritania
Alberta
Serbia
La Rioja 8% 17% 25%
Colorado
Dominican 0% 25% 25% Poland
China 5% 21% 26% Norway
British Col 6% 21% 27% Liberia
Honduras 0% 27% 27% Ghana
Chubut 0% 28% 28% Arizona
Salta
Mongolia 6% 22% 28%
Montana
Myanmar 15% 15% 31% Hungary
Democratic 9% 22% 31% Uruguay
Kyrgyzstan 6% 25% 31% Burkina Faso
Niger 16% 16% 32% Zambia
Northwest T 8% 25% 33% Newfoundland & Labrador
Nigeria 0% 33% 33% Western Australia
Saskatchewan
New Mexico
Ontario 12% 22% 34% French Guiana
Peru 8% 27% 35% Lesotho
Colombia 3% 32% 35% Minnesota
Nicaragua 0% 36% 36% Alaska
Bulgaria 9% 27% 36% Utah
South Australia
Suriname 0% 38% 38%
Victoria
Brazil 5% 32% 38%
New Zealand
Kenya 8% 31% 39% Eritrea
Russia 0% 39% 39% New Brunswick
Malaysia 0% 40% 40% Egypt
Angola 8% 33% 42% Spain
Central Afr 8% 33% 42% California
Chile
Yukon 9% 33% 42%
Guyana
Ivory Coast
Washington
Nunavut
Laos
Egypt
Spain
California
Chile
Guyana
Manitoba 12% 30% 42% Ivory Coast
Santa Cruz 11% 32% 42% Washington
Jujuy 21% 21% 43% Nunavut
India 0% 44% 44% Laos
Thailand 11% 33% 44% Mali
Catamarca
Tasmania
Guinea(Con 0% 45% 45%
New South Wales
Neuquen 0% 46% 46% Quebec
Mozambiq 8% 39% 46% Sierra Leone
Rio Negro 0% 47% 47% Fiji
Northern Te 7% 43% 50% Michigan
Tanzania 9% 41% 50% Mexico
Panama
Uganda 10% 40% 50%
San Juan
Queenslan 12% 40% 52% Cambodia
Turkey 0% 53% 53%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Greece 7% 47% 53%
Morocco 8% 46% 54%
San Juan 17% 39% 56%
Panama 0% 56% 56%
Mexico 7% 50% 57%
Michigan 7% 50% 57%
Fiji 7% 50% 57%
Quebec 21% 38% 58%
New South 13% 46% 58%
Mali 13% 47% 59%
Laos 10% 50% 60%
Nunavut 14% 48% 62%
Guyana 13% 50% 63%
Chile 19% 44% 63%
Spain 0% 64% 64%
Egypt 18% 46% 64%
New Bruns 19% 44% 64%
Eritrea 24% 41% 65%
New Zeala 17% 48% 66%
Utah 13% 53% 67%
Alaska 20% 47% 67%
Lesotho 0% 67% 67%
New Mexic 18% 50% 68%
Zambia 17% 52% 70%
Uruguay 14% 57% 71%
Hungary 0% 71% 71%
Montana 9% 63% 72%
Salta 28% 44% 72%
Arizona 18% 56% 74%
Ghana 16% 58% 74%
Liberia 25% 50% 75%
Norway 25% 50% 75%
Poland 0% 75% 75%
Serbia 0% 77% 77%
Alberta 42% 36% 77%
Wyoming 15% 63% 78%
Vietnam 11% 67% 78%
Sweden 31% 50% 81%
Ethiopia 9% 73% 82%
Idaho 18% 64% 82%
Finland 28% 55% 83%
Ireland 38% 46% 83%
Nevada 24% 60% 84%
France 23% 62% 85%
Namibia 28% 62% 90%
Portugal 6% 88% 94%
Morocco
Greece
Turkey
Queensland
Uganda
Tanzania
Northern Territory
Rio Negro
Mozambique
Neuquen
Guinea(Conakry)
Madagascar
Thailand
India
Jujuy
Santa Cruz
Manitoba
Yukon
Angola
Malaysia
Russia
Kenya
Brazil
Suriname
Bulgaria
Nicaragua
Colombia
Peru
Ontario
Kazakhstan
Nigeria
Niger
Kyrgyzstan
Myanmar
Mongolia
Chubut
Honduras
British Columbia
China
Dominican Republic
La Rioja
Guatemala
Sudan
Ecuador
Honduras
British Columbia
China
Dominican Republic
La Rioja
Guatemala
Sudan
Ecuador
Romania
Mendoza
Philippines
South Africa
Indonesia
Bolivia
Venezuela Encourages
Investment
Papua New Guinea
Zimbabwe Not a Deterrent to
Investment
South Sudan
Solomon Islands
60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Figure 25: Uncertainty Concerning Protected Areas

Liberia
Portugal
Neuquen 18% 0% 18% Burkina Faso
Ecuador 4% 19% 22% Guinea (Conakry)
Panama 0% 22% 22% Newfoundland & Labrador
British Col 2% 21% 23% Morocco
Mendoza 6% 18% 24% Lesotho
Ethiopia
La Rioja 8% 17% 25%
Greenland
Bolivia 5% 20% 25% Mali
Venezuela 8% 17% 25% Botswana
Indonesia 3% 23% 26% Russia
Greece 0% 27% 27% Namibia
Malaysia 0% 27% 27% Ivory Coast
Niger
Romania 0% 29% 29%
Tanzania
Sierra Leone
New Zeala 0% 31% 31% Fiji
Santa Cruz 5% 26% 32% Zambia
Honduras 0% 33% 33% Nigeria
Chubut 6% 28% 33% Serbia
Rio Negro 7% 27% 33% Eritrea
Salta
Sweden
Suriname
Bulgaria 0% 36% 36% Uganda
China 0% 37% 37% Wyoming
Brazil 8% 30% 38% Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Tasmania 8% 31% 39% Hungary
Colorado 9% 30% 39% Uruguay
New Brunswick
Alaska 10% 30% 39%
Laos
Colombia 11% 29% 39% Western Australia
Nunavut 4% 36% 40% Ireland
Northwest T 6% 35% 41% Nova Scotia
Yukon 4% 37% 41% Ghana
Mongolia 6% 35% 41% Saskatchewan
Norway
Montana 6% 37% 43%
Vietnam
Idaho 3% 40% 43%
India
Kyrgyzstan 13% 31% 44% Cambodia
Queenslan 9% 35% 44% South Africa
Peru 10% 34% 44% Mozambique
Ontario 5% 39% 44% Mauritania
New Mexic 10% 35% 45% Catamarca
Angola
France 8% 39% 46%
Chile
Papua New Guinea
South Sudan
Egypt
Guyana
Mozambique
Mauritania
Catamarca
Angola
Chile
Zimbabwe 4% 43% 47% Papua New Guinea
Northern Te 7% 40% 47% South Sudan
Michigan 7% 40% 47% Egypt
Utah 13% 34% 47% Guyana
Poland 0% 47% 47% Nevada
Turkey 5% 42% 47% Kenya
Alberta
Arizona 7% 40% 47%
Madagascar
Philippines 0% 50% 50% Minnesota
Jujuy 8% 42% 50% South Australia
Thailand 13% 38% 50% Finland
Quebec 11% 40% 50% Manitoba
Victoria 3% 49% 52% San Juan
Sudan
Spain 0% 52% 52%
Solomon Islands
Myanmar 23% 31% 54%
Mexico
New South 11% 44% 55%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Mexico 3% 52% 55%
Sudan 33% 22% 56%
San Juan 22% 33% 56%
Finland 11% 46% 57%
Alberta 13% 48% 61%
Kenya 8% 54% 62%
Nevada 10% 52% 62%
Guyana 13% 50% 63%
Egypt 18% 46% 64%
South Sud 18% 46% 64%
Papua New 11% 54% 64%
Chile 12% 54% 66%
Angola 8% 58% 67%
India 11% 56% 67%
Vietnam 11% 56% 67%
Norway 14% 52% 67%
Ghana 7% 61% 68%
Ireland 22% 48% 70%
Laos 10% 60% 70%
New Bruns 16% 54% 70%
Uruguay 0% 71% 71%
Hungary 0% 71% 71%
Wyoming 11% 63% 74%
Uganda 15% 60% 75%
Sweden 14% 61% 75%
Salta 29% 47% 77%
Eritrea 12% 65% 77%
Serbia 0% 77% 77%
Nigeria 0% 78% 78%
Zambia 17% 61% 78%
Fiji 7% 71% 79%
Niger 16% 63% 79%
Namibia 10% 70% 80%
Russia 0% 80% 80%
Mali 22% 59% 81%
Ethiopia 18% 64% 82%
Lesotho 17% 67% 83%
Morocco 31% 54% 85%
Guinea (Co 25% 60% 85%
Portugal 6% 81% 88%
Liberia 25% 75% 100%
Guatemala
Nicaragua
New South Wales
Myanmar
Spain
Victoria
Quebec
Thailand
Jujuy
Philippines
Arizona
Turkey
Poland
Utah
Michigan
Northern Territory
Zimbabwe
France
New Mexico
Ontario
Peru
Queensland
Kyrgyzstan
Idaho
Montana
Mongolia
Yukon
Nunavut
Colombia
Alaska
Colorado
Tasmania
Brazil
China
Bulgaria
California
Kazakhstan
Rio Negro
Chubut
Honduras
Santa Cruz
New Zealand
Dominican Republic
Romania
Malaysia
Greece
Chubut
Honduras
Santa Cruz
New Zealand
Dominican Republic
Romania
Malaysia
Greece
Indonesia
Venezuela
Bolivia
La Rioja
Mendoza
British Columbia
Panama Encourages
Ecuador Investment
Neuquen Not a Deterrent to
Washington Investment
French Guiana
0% 40% 60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Figure 26: Quality of Infrastructure

Solomon Is 0% 0% 0% Minnesota
Hungary
Colorado
South Sud 0% 0% 0% New Brunswick
Sudan 0% 0% 0% Utah
Mongolia 0% 0% 0% Nevada
Democratic 0% 3% 3% Nova Scotia
Mauritania 0% 11% 11% Portugal
Michigan
Nigeria 11% 0% 11%
Arizona
Wyoming
Eritrea 0% 13% 13% France
Greenland 0% 13% 13% Spain
Kyrgyzstan 6% 6% 13% Ireland
Papua New 0% 14% 14% Montana
Bolivia 5% 10% 14% Washington
California
Zimbabwe 0% 15% 15%
Sweden
Myanmar 8% 8% 15% Greece
Nunavut 4% 11% 16% Idaho
Mali 3% 13% 16% Alberta
Madagasca 0% 17% 17% Saskatchewan
Niger 6% 11% 17% Norway
Serbia
Honduras 0% 17% 17%
New Mexico
New Zealand
Guinea (Co 5% 15% 20% New South Wales
Laos 0% 20% 20% Victoria
Venezuela 4% 17% 21% Finland
Vietnam 11% 11% 22% Turkey
Mozambiq 8% 15% 23% Quebec
Manitoba
Uruguay
La Rioja 0% 25% 25%
Poland
Ecuador 11% 14% 25% Queensland
Suriname 0% 25% 25% Morocco
Kazakhstan 8% 17% 25% Tasmania
Alaska 5% 21% 26% South Australia
Russia 0% 27% 27% Mexico
Western Australia
Panama
Mendoza 11% 21% 32% British Columbia
Angola 8% 25% 33% Romania
Cambodia 11% 22% 33% Bulgaria
India 11% 22% 33% Nicaragua
Chubut 17% 17% 33% Ontario
San Juan
Yukon 12% 22% 34%
Kenya
Salta
Chile
Namibia
Bulgaria
Nicaragua
Ontario
San Juan
Kenya
Ethiopia 0% 36% 36% Salta
Santa Cruz 11% 26% 37% Chile
Guyana 0% 38% 38% Namibia
Thailand 13% 25% 38% Botswana
Brazil 8% 30% 38% South Africa
Zambia
Egypt
Uganda 5% 35% 40% Malaysia
Colombia 8% 34% 42% Northern Territory
Fiji 21% 21% 43% Ghana
Burkina Fa 11% 32% 43% Peru
Jujuy 14% 29% 43% Catamarca
China 5% 40% 45% Liberia
Lesotho
Neuquen 9% 36% 46%
Tanzania
Ivory Coast 13% 33% 46% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Rio Negro 13% 33% 47%

Tanzania 9% 39% 49%
Lesotho 17% 33% 50%
Liberia 13% 38% 50%
Peru 8% 42% 50%
Ghana 17% 37% 53%
Malaysia 0% 55% 55%
Egypt 0% 55% 55%
Zambia 9% 48% 57%
Namibia 17% 43% 60%
Chile 13% 48% 61%
Salta 17% 44% 61%
Kenya 8% 54% 62%
San Juan 21% 42% 63%
Ontario 29% 35% 63%
Bulgaria 9% 55% 64%
Romania 0% 64% 64%
Panama 6% 61% 67%
Mexico 18% 50% 68%
Morocco 8% 62% 69%
Poland 12% 59% 71%
Uruguay 29% 43% 72%
Quebec 41% 37% 78%
Turkey 26% 53% 79%
Finland 55% 24% 79%
New South 36% 46% 82%
New Zeala 28% 55% 83%
New Mexic 23% 60% 83%
Serbia 15% 69% 85%
Norway 33% 52% 86%
Alberta 55% 31% 86%
Idaho 27% 60% 87%
Greece 20% 67% 87%
Sweden 56% 33% 89%
Montana 25% 67% 92%
Ireland 63% 29% 92%
Spain 17% 75% 92%
France 62% 31% 92%
Wyoming 36% 57% 93%
Arizona 40% 53% 93%
Nevada 44% 53% 96%
Utah 41% 56% 97%
New Bruns 54% 43% 97%
Hungary 14% 86% 100%
Rio Negro
Ivory Coast
Guatemala
Neuquen
China
Jujuy
Burkina Faso
Fiji
Colombia
Uganda
Dominican Republic
Brazil
Thailand
Guyana
Santa Cruz
Ethiopia
Sierra Leone
Yukon
Chubut
India
Cambodia
Angola
Mendoza
Russia
Alaska
Kazakhstan
Suriname
Ecuador
La Rioja
Indonesia
Mozambique
Vietnam
Venezuela
Laos
Guinea (Conakry)
Philippines
Honduras
Niger
Madagascar
Mali
Nunavut
Myanmar
Zimbabwe
Bolivia
Papua New Guinea
Kyrgyzstan
Madagascar
Mali
Nunavut
Myanmar
Zimbabwe
Bolivia
Papua New Guinea
Kyrgyzstan
Greenland
Eritrea
French Guiana
Nigeria
Mauritania
Mongolia Encourages
Investment
Sudan
South Sudan Not a Deterrent to
Investment
Solomon Islands
% 60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Figure 27: Socioeconomic Agreements/ Community Developmen

Portugal
Sudan 0% 0% 0%
Hungary
Zimbabwe 0% 7% 7%
Finland
Honduras 0% 8% 8% Nova Scotia
South Sud 0% 9% 9% Michigan
Guatemala 9% 0% 9% Serbia
Bolivia 0% 11% 11% Ireland
Nigeria 0% 13% 13% Utah
Norway
Venezuela 0% 13% 13%
Saskatchewan
Mozambiq 0% 15% 15% Sweden
Ecuador 8% 8% 16% Nevada
La Rioja 0% 20% 20% Western Australia
Kyrgyzstan 7% 13% 20% Newfoundland & Labrador
Solomon Is 0% 22% 22% Uruguay
Alberta
Mendoza 6% 18% 24%
Colorado
Mongolia 0% 24% 24%
New Brunswick
Indonesia 3% 22% 24% Poland
Papua New 0% 26% 26% Wyoming
Philippines 0% 26% 26% South Australia
South Afric 8% 20% 28% New Zealand
Jujuy 8% 23% 31% Victoria
Arizona
France
Angola 8% 25% 33%
Spain
Dominican 8% 25% 33% Botswana
Romania 8% 25% 33% Greece
Lesotho 17% 17% 33% Montana
Panama 0% 35% 35% Guyana
Central Afr 0% 36% 36% Queensland
Idaho
Neuquen 9% 27% 36%
Northern Territory
Nicaragua 0% 36% 36% Quebec
Niger 5% 32% 37% San Juan
Chubut 13% 25% 38% Minnesota
Thailand 13% 25% 38% Tasmania
Colombia 5% 32% 38% New Mexico
Nunavut 12% 26% 38% Chile
New South Wales
Kenya 8% 31% 39%
Manitoba
Madagasca 0% 39% 39% Morocco
China 0% 39% 39% Turkey
Peru 3% 36% 39% Yukon
Guinea (Co 5% 35% 40% Alaska
Eritrea 12% 29% 41% Salta
British Columbia
Mali 10% 32% 42%
Egypt
Uganda
California
Greenland
Suriname
Yukon
Alaska
Salta
British Columbia
Egypt
Russia 14% 29% 43%
Uganda
Mauritania 0% 44% 44% California
India 11% 33% 44% Greenland
Ethiopia 0% 46% 46% Suriname
Kazakhstan 0% 46% 46% Ontario
Rio Negro 15% 31% 46% Burkina Faso
Namibia
Myanmar 15% 31% 46%
Washington
Sierra Leo 8% 39% 46% Cambodia
Tanzania 9% 38% 47% French Guiana
Santa Cruz 0% 47% 47% Malaysia
Zambia 10% 38% 48% Fiji
Brazil 6% 43% 49% Mexico
Ghana 10% 40% 50% Northwest Territories
Ivory Coast
Liberia 13% 38% 50%
Bulgaria
Laos 10% 40% 50% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Vietnam 0% 50% 50%

Bulgaria 10% 40% 50%
Mexico 14% 40% 54%
Fiji 23% 31% 54%
Malaysia 0% 55% 55%
Namibia 21% 38% 59%
Ontario 18% 43% 60%
Suriname 0% 63% 63%
Uganda 5% 58% 63%
Egypt 18% 46% 64%
Salta 29% 35% 65%
Alaska 21% 45% 66%
Yukon 20% 46% 66%
Turkey 22% 44% 67%
Morocco 0% 67% 67%
New South 15% 55% 70%
Chile 13% 59% 71%
New Mexic 18% 54% 72%
San Juan 22% 50% 72%
Quebec 22% 51% 73%
Idaho 20% 53% 73%
Guyana 7% 67% 73%
Montana 14% 61% 75%
Greece 25% 50% 75%
Spain 10% 67% 76%
France 54% 23% 77%
Arizona 21% 57% 77%
New Zeala 18% 61% 79%
Wyoming 36% 46% 82%
Poland 18% 65% 82%
New Bruns 31% 53% 83%
Alberta 42% 42% 84%
Uruguay 14% 71% 86%
Nevada 22% 65% 88%
Sweden 39% 50% 89%
Norway 30% 60% 90%
Utah 26% 65% 90%
Ireland 32% 59% 91%
Serbia 8% 83% 92%
Finland 50% 46% 96%
Hungary 17% 83% 100%
Portugal 36% 64% 100%
/ Community Development Conditions
Vietnam
Laos
Catamarca
Liberia
Ghana
Brazil
Zambia
Santa Cruz
Tanzania
Sierra Leone
Myanmar
Rio Negro
Kazakhstan
Ethiopia
India
Mauritania
Russia
Mali
Eritrea
Guinea (Conakry)
Peru
China
Madagascar
Kenya
Nunavut
Colombia
Thailand
Chubut
Niger
Nicaragua
Neuquen
Panama
Lesotho
Romania
Dominican Republic
Angola
Jujuy
South Africa
Philippines
Papua New Guinea
Indonesia
Mongolia
Mendoza
Solomon Islands
Kyrgyzstan
South Africa
Philippines
Papua New Guinea
Indonesia
Mongolia
Mendoza
Solomon Islands
Kyrgyzstan
La Rioja
Ecuador
Mozambique
Venezuela
Nigeria
Bolivia
Guatemala Encourages
South Sudan Investment
Honduras Not a Deterrent to
Zimbabwe Investment
Sudan
% 60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Figure 28: Trade Barriers

Wyoming
Santa Cruz 0% 0% 0%
New Mexico
Kyrgyzstan 0% 0% 0% Nova Scotia
Mongolia 0% 6% 6% Ireland
Zimbabwe 0% 7% 7% Portugal
Venezuela 0% 8% 8% Uruguay
Mendoza 6% 6% 12% Minnesota
France
Honduras 8% 8% 17%
Hungary
Serbia
Neuquen 9% 9% 18% Colorado
Kazakhstan 0% 18% 18% Manitoba
Chubut 6% 13% 19% Northwest Territories
Guinea (Co 5% 15% 20% Newfoundland & Labrador
Catamarca 10% 10% 20% Yukon
Saskatchewan
La Rioja 10% 10% 20%
Nunavut
Alberta
China 5% 16% 21% Utah
India 11% 11% 22% Idaho
Vietnam 11% 11% 22% Western Australia
Jujuy 8% 15% 23% Northern Territory
Rio Negro 15% 8% 23% New Brunswick
Finland
Salta 12% 12% 24%
Tasmania
Nigeria 0% 25% 25% Sweden
Bolivia 5% 20% 25% South Australia
Thailand 13% 13% 25% Norway
Philippines 0% 26% 26% Quebec
Niger 5% 21% 26% Montana
San Juan 11% 17% 28% Arizona
New South Wales
Russia 7% 21% 29%
Victoria
Myanmar 8% 23% 31% Ontario
Solomon Is 11% 22% 33% Queensland
Sudan 0% 33% 33% Michigan
Madagasca 6% 28% 33% New Zealand
Ecuador 4% 31% 35% California
Nevada
British Columbia
Malaysia 0% 36% 36%
Greenland
Ethiopia 0% 36% 36% Suriname
Eritrea 18% 24% 41% Alaska
Angola 17% 25% 42% Namibia
Brazil 6% 37% 43% Botswana
Egypt 9% 36% 46% Spain
Washington
Kenya 0% 46% 46%
Greece
Peru
Turkey
Poland
Panama
Namibia
Botswana
Spain
Washington
Greece
Mozambiq 8% 39% 46%
Peru
Lesotho 17% 33% 50% Turkey
South Afric 13% 38% 50% Poland
Dominican 0% 50% 50% Panama
Laos 0% 50% 50% Zambia
Uganda 16% 37% 53% Liberia
Guyana
Ghana
Papua New 7% 48% 56% Nicaragua
Mauritania 11% 44% 56% Chile
Cambodia 22% 33% 56% Bulgaria
Ivory Coast 13% 44% 57% Mexico
Mali 16% 42% 58% Romania
Colombia 19% 39% 58% Morocco
French Guiana
Tanzania 9% 50% 59%
Guatemala
Fiji 15% 46% 62%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Morocco 25% 42% 67%
Romania 17% 50% 67%
Mexico 22% 45% 67%
Bulgaria 0% 70% 70%
Chile 32% 39% 70%
Ghana 13% 60% 73%
Guyana 13% 60% 73%
Liberia 0% 75% 75%
Zambia 5% 70% 75%
Panama 24% 53% 76%
Poland 12% 65% 77%
Turkey 22% 56% 78%
Peru 25% 54% 80%
Greece 25% 58% 83%
Spain 19% 67% 86%
Namibia 24% 62% 86%
Alaska 43% 45% 88%
Nevada 38% 54% 91%
New Zeala 43% 50% 93%
Ontario 36% 58% 94%
New South 36% 59% 94%
Arizona 37% 57% 94%
Montana 44% 50% 94%
Quebec 38% 56% 94%
Norway 35% 60% 95%
Sweden 39% 57% 96%
Finland 46% 50% 96%
New Bruns 33% 64% 97%
Idaho 50% 47% 97%
Utah 50% 47% 97%
Alberta 52% 45% 97%
Nunavut 31% 67% 98%
Yukon 37% 62% 98%
Serbia 0% 100% 100%
Hungary 17% 83% 100%
France 39% 62% 100%
Uruguay 43% 57% 100%
Portugal 43% 57% 100%
Ireland 46% 55% 100%
Nova Scoti 46% 54% 100%
New Mexic 48% 52% 100%
Wyoming 50% 50% 100%
Burkina Faso
Fiji
Tanzania
Colombia
Mali
Ivory Coast
Cambodia
Mauritania
Papua New Guinea
Sierra Leone
Uganda
Laos
Dominican Republic
South Africa
Lesotho
Mozambique
Kenya
Egypt
Brazil
Angola
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Malaysia
Ecuador
Madagascar
Sudan
Solomon Islands
Myanmar
Russia
San Juan
Niger
Philippines
Thailand
Bolivia
Nigeria
Salta
Rio Negro
Jujuy
Vietnam
India
China
Indonesia
La Rioja
Catamarca
Guinea (Conakry)
Jujuy
Vietnam
India
China
Indonesia
La Rioja
Catamarca
Guinea (Conakry)
Chubut
Kazakhstan
Neuquen
South Sudan
Honduras
Mendoza
Venezuela Encourages
Investment
Zimbabwe
Mongolia Not a Deterrent to
Kyrgyzstan Investment
Santa Cruz
0% 60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Figure 29: Political Stability

Ireland
Solomon Is 0% 0% 0%
Uruguay
Egypt 0% 0% 0%
New Zealand
Guinea (Co 0% 0% 0% Norway
South Sud 0% 0% 0% Portugal
Sudan 0% 0% 0% New Brunswick
Venezuela 0% 0% 0% France
Zimbabwe 0% 4% 4% Alberta
Sweden
Santa Cruz 0% 6% 6%
Finland
Kyrgyzstan 0% 6% 6% Nova Scotia
Kenya 0% 8% 8% Saskatchewan
Honduras 0% 8% 8% Western Australia
Democratic 0% 10% 10% Nevada
La Rioja 0% 10% 10% Manitoba
Philippines 0% 11% 11% Utah
Botswana
Mongolia 0% 12% 12%
Wyoming
Nigeria 0% 13% 13% Newfoundland & Labrador
Chubut 0% 13% 13% Namibia
Thailand 13% 0% 13% Yukon
Papua New 0% 15% 15% Northern Territory
Myanmar 15% 0% 15% Spain
South Australia
Mali 3% 13% 16%
Arizona
Mendoza 0% 18% 18%
Victoria
Central Afr 0% 18% 18% Morocco
South Afric 7% 15% 22% Ontario
Madagasca 6% 17% 22% Queensland
Jujuy 15% 8% 23% Colorado
Rio Negro 8% 15% 23% Greenland
Tasmania
Eritrea 13% 13% 25%
Nunavut
Alaska
Niger 0% 26% 26% Idaho
Ecuador 8% 19% 27% Chile
Neuquen 9% 18% 27% New Mexico
Russia 14% 14% 29% New South Wales
Bolivia 0% 30% 30% Montana
Poland
Fiji 8% 23% 31% British Columbia
Sierra Leo 0% 31% 31% Serbia
Indonesia 3% 30% 32% Quebec
Mauritania 11% 22% 33% Panama
Lesotho 17% 17% 33% Turkey
Romania 17% 17% 33% Greece
Ghana
French Guiana
Nicaragua
Brazil
Mexico
Quebec
Panama
Turkey
Greece
Ghana
Liberia 0% 38% 38%
French Guiana
Bulgaria 10% 30% 40% Nicaragua
Burkina Fa 22% 19% 41% Brazil
Salta 29% 12% 41% Mexico
Dominican 8% 33% 42% Zambia
Uganda 11% 32% 42% Guyana
Michigan
China 11% 32% 42%
Laos
California
India 44% 0% 44% Angola
Ethiopia 0% 46% 46% Minnesota
Guatemala 0% 46% 46% Peru
Mozambiq 15% 31% 46% Tanzania
San Juan 22% 28% 50% Washington
Vietnam
Suriname 0% 50% 50%
Malaysia
Hungary 17% 33% 50% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Malaysia 0% 55% 55%
Vietnam 11% 44% 56%
Peru 17% 41% 58%
Angola 8% 50% 58%
Laos 10% 50% 60%
Michigan 53% 7% 60%
Guyana 13% 47% 60%
Zambia 24% 38% 62%
Mexico 14% 48% 62%
Brazil 11% 51% 63%
Ghana 30% 37% 67%
Greece 17% 50% 67%
Turkey 11% 56% 67%
Panama 47% 24% 71%
Quebec 46% 26% 72%
Serbia 8% 67% 75%
Poland 24% 53% 76%
Montana 37% 40% 77%
New South 51% 26% 77%
New Mexic 33% 44% 78%
Chile 37% 42% 79%
Idaho 47% 33% 80%
Alaska 52% 29% 80%
Nunavut 42% 39% 81%
Ontario 50% 32% 82%
Morocco 42% 42% 83%
Arizona 43% 43% 85%
Spain 24% 62% 86%
Yukon 49% 39% 88%
Namibia 50% 39% 89%
Wyoming 50% 43% 93%
Utah 48% 45% 94%
Nevada 51% 44% 95%
Finland 75% 21% 96%
Sweden 68% 29% 97%
Alberta 73% 23% 97%
France 54% 46% 100%
New Bruns 62% 38% 100%
Portugal 64% 36% 100%
Norway 65% 35% 100%
New Zeala 68% 32% 100%
Uruguay 71% 29% 100%
Ireland 73% 27% 100%
Colombia
Hungary
Kazakhstan
Suriname
San Juan
Mozambique
Guatemala
Ethiopia
India
Cambodia
China
Uganda
Dominican Republic
Salta
Burkina Faso
Bulgaria
Liberia
Romania
Lesotho
Mauritania
Indonesia
Sierra Leone
Fiji
Catamarca
Bolivia
Russia
Neuquen
Ecuador
Niger
Ivory Coast
Eritrea
Rio Negro
Jujuy
Madagascar
South Africa
Mendoza
Mali
Myanmar
Papua New Guinea
Thailand
Chubut
Nigeria
Mongolia
Philippines
La Rioja
Papua New Guinea
Thailand
Chubut
Nigeria
Mongolia
Philippines
La Rioja
Honduras
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Santa Cruz
Zimbabwe
Venezuela
Sudan Encourages
Investment
South Sudan
Guinea (Conakry) Not a Deterrent to
Investment
Egypt
Solomon Islands
0% 60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Figure 30: Labor Regulations/Employment Agreements and Labour Militan

Norway
Mendoza 6% 6% 13%
Utah
Venezuela 13% 4% 17% New Brunswick
Santa Cruz 0% 18% 18% Nevada
Catamarca 10% 10% 20% Idaho
Bolivia 5% 15% 20% Finland
South Afric 8% 15% 23% Nova Scotia
Mozambiq 0% 23% 23% Minnesota
Arizona
Chubut 6% 19% 25%
Michigan
Zimbabwe 0% 26% 26% Alberta
Ecuador 4% 23% 27% Wyoming
La Rioja 10% 20% 30% Morocco
Jujuy 8% 23% 31% Colorado
Kyrgyzstan 8% 23% 31% Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Honduras 8% 25% 33%
Montana
India 22% 11% 33% Yukon
Mongolia 6% 29% 35% Greenland
Ethiopia 0% 36% 36% Portugal
South Sud 0% 36% 36% Uruguay
Neuquen 0% 36% 36% New Zealand
Serbia
Kenya 8% 31% 39%
Hungary
Rio Negro 8% 31% 39%
Brazil 18% 24% 41% Alaska
Angola 8% 33% 42% Sweden
Solomon Is 11% 33% 44% Ireland
Sudan 0% 44% 44% Nunavut
San Juan 11% 33% 44% Laos
Washington
New Mexico
Egypt 0% 46% 46% Quebec
Guatemala 0% 46% 46% Ivory Coast
Kazakhstan 18% 27% 46% Ontario
Niger 21% 26% 47% Northern Territory
Papua New 0% 48% 48% Western Australia
Indonesia 3% 46% 49% Eritrea
Namibia
Lesotho 33% 17% 50%
Botswana
Nigeria 0% 50% 50% Mali
Dominican 8% 42% 50% Turkey
Suriname 25% 25% 50% South Australia
Thailand 13% 38% 50% Spain
Russia 7% 43% 50% Panama
Burkina Faso
Ghana
New South Wales
Fiji
Chile
British Columbia
South Australia
Spain
Panama
Burkina Faso
Ghana
Peru 8% 43% 52%
New South Wales
Sierra Leo 23% 31% 54% Fiji
Myanmar 8% 46% 54% Chile
France 15% 39% 54% British Columbia
Central Afr 0% 55% 55% Tasmania
Guinea (Co 20% 35% 55% California
Cambodia
Victoria
Queensland
China 11% 44% 56% Malaysia
Vietnam 11% 44% 56% Uganda
French Gui 0% 56% 56% Liberia
Tanzania 13% 44% 56% Colombia
Mexico 14% 43% 57% Zambia
Guyana
Greece 8% 50% 58%
Bulgaria
Romania 8% 50% 58%
Salta 18% 41% 59% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Poland 12% 47% 59%

Bulgaria 0% 60% 60%
Guyana 27% 33% 60%
Zambia 10% 52% 62%
Colombia 5% 57% 62%
Liberia 13% 50% 63%
Uganda 16% 47% 63%
Malaysia 0% 64% 64%
Victoria 9% 58% 67%
Chile 18% 51% 68%
Fiji 15% 54% 69%
New South 19% 51% 70%
Ghana 17% 53% 70%
Panama 18% 53% 71%
Spain 0% 71% 71%
Turkey 11% 61% 72%
Mali 23% 52% 74%
Namibia 21% 55% 76%
Eritrea 6% 71% 77%
Ontario 19% 59% 78%
Quebec 19% 60% 79%
New Mexic 28% 52% 79%
Laos 0% 80% 80%
Nunavut 24% 57% 81%
Ireland 32% 50% 82%
Sweden 36% 46% 82%
Alaska 43% 39% 82%
Hungary 0% 83% 83%
Serbia 0% 83% 83%
New Zeala 29% 57% 86%
Uruguay 29% 57% 86%
Portugal 0% 86% 86%
Yukon 25% 63% 88%
Montana 31% 57% 89%
Morocco 25% 67% 92%
Wyoming 50% 43% 93%
Alberta 50% 43% 93%
Arizona 29% 65% 94%
Finland 50% 46% 96%
Idaho 38% 59% 97%
Nevada 30% 68% 98%
New Bruns 29% 71% 100%
Utah 45% 55% 100%
Norway 45% 55% 100%
ements and Labour Militancy/Work Disruptions
Poland
Salta
Romania
Greece
Mexico
Tanzania
French Guiana
Vietnam
China
Mauritania
Madagascar
Guinea (Conakry)
France
Myanmar
Sierra Leone
Peru
Russia
Thailand
Suriname
Dominican Republic
Nigeria
Lesotho
Indonesia
Papua New Guinea
Niger
Kazakhstan
Guatemala
Egypt
Nicaragua
San Juan
Sudan
Solomon Islands
Angola
Brazil
Rio Negro
Kenya
Neuquen
South Sudan
Ethiopia
Mongolia
India
Honduras
Philippines
Kyrgyzstan
Jujuy
South Sudan
Ethiopia
Mongolia
India
Honduras
Philippines
Kyrgyzstan
Jujuy
La Rioja
Ecuador
Zimbabwe
Chubut
Mozambique
South Africa
Bolivia Encourages Investment
Catamarca
Not a Deterrent to
Santa Cruz
Investment
Venezuela
Mendoza
% 60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Figure 31: Geological Database

Finland
South Sud 0% 0% 0%
South Australia
Sudan 0% 0% 0% Saskatchewan
Egypt 0% 10% 10% New Brunswick
Ethiopia 0% 10% 10% Western Australia
Honduras 0% 10% 10% Ireland
Cambodia 0% 11% 11% Manitoba
Ontario
China 6% 6% 11%
Queensland
Suriname 0% 14% 14%
Sweden
Kazakhstan 9% 9% 18% New South Wales
Angola 10% 10% 20% Newfoundland & Labrador
Bolivia 5% 15% 20% Nova Scotia
Kyrgyzstan 0% 20% 20% British Columbia
Laos 0% 20% 20% Minnesota
Quebec
Victoria
Philippines 0% 22% 22% Alberta
Niger 0% 22% 22% Portugal
Venezuela 0% 23% 23% Northern Territory
Guinea (Co 6% 18% 24% Tasmania
Solomon Is 0% 25% 25% France
Mauritania 0% 25% 25% Arizona
Yukon
Myanmar 8% 17% 25%
Nevada
Thailand 13% 13% 25% Norway
Nigeria 14% 14% 29% Idaho
Indonesia 5% 24% 30% Spain
Sierra Leo 10% 20% 30% Wyoming
Eritrea 6% 25% 31% New Mexico
New Zealand
Mongolia 6% 25% 31%
Greenland
Montana
Zimbabwe 8% 25% 33% Mexico
Bulgaria 11% 22% 33% Alaska
Guyana 14% 21% 36% Northwest Territories
Russia 7% 29% 36% Morocco
Ecuador 4% 32% 36% Colorado
Namibia
Peru
Mendoza 13% 25% 38% Washington
Vietnam 0% 38% 38% Utah
Malaysia 0% 40% 40% Hungary
La Rioja 20% 20% 40% Michigan
Nicaragua 10% 30% 40% South Africa
Chile
Mozambiq 8% 33% 42%
India
Botswana
California
Greece
Nunavut
Liberia
Michigan
South Africa
Chile
India
Botswana
Madagasca 13% 31% 44% California
Panama 6% 38% 44% Greece
Colombia 9% 37% 46% Nunavut
Rio Negro 23% 23% 46% Liberia
Uganda 18% 29% 47% Serbia
Fiji
Poland
Jujuy 17% 33% 50%
Salta
Dominican 0% 50% 50% Zambia
Mali 10% 41% 52% Turkey
Tanzania 28% 24% 52% Romania
Papua New 4% 48% 52% San Juan
Kenya 0% 54% 54% Santa Cruz
French Guiana
Brazil 16% 39% 55%
Neuquen
Uruguay 14% 43% 57% Chubut
Ghana 18% 39% 57%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Lesotho 40% 20% 60%
Chubut 20% 40% 60%
Neuquen 20% 40% 60%
Santa Cruz 6% 56% 63%
San Juan 19% 44% 63%
Romania 0% 64% 64%
Turkey 18% 47% 65%
Zambia 17% 50% 67%
Salta 31% 38% 69%
Poland 6% 63% 69%
Fiji 23% 46% 69%
Serbia 20% 50% 70%
Liberia 0% 71% 71%
Nunavut 31% 41% 72%
Greece 9% 64% 73%
India 0% 75% 75%
Chile 31% 47% 78%
Hungary 0% 80% 80%
Utah 29% 52% 81%
Peru 28% 53% 81%
Namibia 41% 41% 81%
Morocco 18% 64% 82%
Alaska 42% 42% 84%
Mexico 33% 51% 84%
Montana 33% 53% 86%
New Zeala 44% 44% 89%
New Mexic 39% 50% 89%
Wyoming 54% 36% 89%
Spain 26% 63% 90%
Idaho 43% 47% 90%
Norway 40% 50% 90%
Nevada 48% 42% 90%
Yukon 59% 32% 90%
Arizona 52% 39% 90%
France 58% 33% 92%
Alberta 60% 33% 93%
Quebec 71% 24% 94%
New South 50% 46% 96%
Sweden 74% 22% 96%
Ontario 64% 33% 97%
Ireland 50% 50% 100%
Western Au 58% 42% 100%
New Bruns 62% 38% 100%
Finland 81% 19% 100%
Catamarca
Lesotho
Ghana
Uruguay
Brazil
Kenya
Papua New Guinea
Tanzania
Mali
Dominican Republic
Jujuy
Burkina Faso
Uganda
Rio Negro
Colombia
Panama
Madagascar
Ivory Coast
Mozambique
Nicaragua
La Rioja
Malaysia
Vietnam
Mendoza
Guatemala
Ecuador
Russia
Guyana
Bulgaria
Zimbabwe
Mongolia
Eritrea
Sierra Leone
Indonesia
Nigeria
Thailand
Myanmar
Mauritania
Solomon Islands
Guinea (Conakry)
Venezuela
Niger
Philippines
Laos
Kyrgyzstan
Solomon Islands
Guinea (Conakry)
Venezuela
Niger
Philippines
Laos
Kyrgyzstan
Bolivia
Angola
Kazakhstan
Suriname
China
Cambodia
Honduras Encourages
Investment
Ethiopia
Egypt Not a Deterrent to
Investment
Sudan
South Sudan
0% 60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Figure 32: Security

Philippines 0% 0% 0% Finland
Uruguay
Nova Scotia
Egypt 0% 0% 0% Norway
Nigeria 0% 0% 0% Greenland
South Sud 0% 0% 0% Sweden
Sudan 0% 0% 0% Newfoundland & Labrador
Democratic 0% 3% 3% Ireland
New Brunswick
Papua New 0% 8% 8%
Manitoba
Venezuela 0% 9% 9%
Western Australia
Honduras 0% 9% 9% Michigan
Niger 0% 12% 12% South Australia
Solomon Is 0% 13% 13% Saskatchewan
Mauritania 13% 0% 13% Wyoming
Mali 7% 7% 14% Portugal
Queensland
Colombia 0% 14% 14%
Northern Territory
Zimbabwe 4% 13% 17%
Utah
Guinea (Co 0% 18% 18% Arizona
Guatemala 0% 18% 18% Washington
Mexico 3% 19% 22% Nunavut
Kenya 0% 23% 23% Poland
Ethiopia 9% 18% 27% France
Hungary
Morocco
Sierra Leo 10% 20% 30% Nevada
Ivory Coast 10% 24% 33% Yukon
Mozambiq 0% 33% 33% Northwest Territories
Bolivia 10% 25% 35% Montana
South Afric 5% 30% 35% Quebec
Victoria
Russia 21% 14% 36%
Idaho
Ecuador 20% 16% 36%
Alberta
Eritrea 6% 31% 38% Alaska
Angola 0% 40% 40% Botswana
Kyrgyzstan 13% 27% 40% New Zealand
Tanzania 14% 28% 41% New Mexico
Myanmar 8% 33% 42% Tasmania
Colorado
Guyana 33% 13% 47%
Minnesota
Peru 12% 35% 47%
Spain
Dominican 25% 25% 50% San Juan
Mongolia 13% 38% 50% New South Wales
Madagasca 6% 44% 50% British Columbia
Uganda 19% 31% 50% Ontario
Nicaragua 27% 27% 55% Namibia
Rio Negro
California
Chile
Serbia
Catamarca
New South Wales
British Columbia
Ontario
Namibia
Rio Negro
California
Bulgaria 22% 33% 56% Chile
Ghana 21% 36% 57% Serbia
Brazil 18% 39% 58% Catamarca
Burkina Fa 15% 42% 58% Vietnam
Turkey 6% 53% 59% India
Laos 10% 50% 60% Suriname
Fiji
Lesotho 20% 40% 60%
Greece
French Gui 25% 38% 63% Neuquen
Thailand 13% 50% 63% Chubut
Mendoza 12% 53% 65% La Rioja
Panama 25% 44% 69% Malaysia
Jujuy 23% 46% 69% Zambia
Salta
Santa Cruz
Liberia 0% 71% 71%
China 28% 44% 72% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Romania 36% 36% 73%
Santa Cruz 18% 59% 76%
Salta 41% 35% 77%
Zambia 33% 44% 78%
Malaysia 10% 70% 80%
La Rioja 20% 60% 80%
Chubut 25% 56% 81%
Neuquen 18% 64% 82%
Greece 46% 36% 82%
Fiji 31% 54% 85%
India 25% 63% 88%
Vietnam 25% 63% 88%
Serbia 36% 55% 91%
Chile 50% 41% 91%
Rio Negro 39% 54% 92%
Namibia 56% 37% 93%
Ontario 65% 29% 94%
New South 67% 28% 94%
San Juan 39% 56% 95%
Spain 37% 58% 95%
New Mexic 59% 37% 96%
New Zeala 82% 15% 96%
Alaska 68% 28% 97%
Alberta 77% 20% 97%
Idaho 67% 30% 97%
Quebec 75% 23% 97%
Montana 67% 31% 97%
Yukon 73% 25% 98%
Nevada 66% 33% 99%
Morocco 9% 91% 100%
Hungary 20% 80% 100%
France 55% 46% 100%
Poland 56% 44% 100%
Nunavut 60% 40% 100%
Arizona 65% 35% 100%
Utah 68% 32% 100%
Portugal 69% 31% 100%
Wyoming 71% 29% 100%
Michigan 73% 27% 100%
Western Au 73% 27% 100%
Manitoba 76% 24% 100%
New Bruns 77% 23% 100%
Ireland 77% 23% 100%
Sweden 78% 22% 100%
Norway 80% 20% 100%
Nova Scoti 83% 17% 100%
Uruguay 86% 14% 100%
Finland 89% 12% 100%
Romania
China
Liberia
Kazakhstan
Jujuy
Panama
Mendoza
Thailand
French Guiana
Lesotho
Laos
Turkey
Burkina Faso
Brazil
Ghana
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Nicaragua
Uganda
Madagascar
Mongolia
Dominican Republic
Peru
Guyana
Myanmar
Tanzania
Kyrgyzstan
Angola
Eritrea
Ecuador
Russia
South Africa
Bolivia
Mozambique
Ivory Coast
Sierra Leone
Indonesia
Ethiopia
Kenya
Mexico
Guatemala
Guinea (Conakry)
Zimbabwe
Colombia
Mali
Mauritania
Solomon Islands
Mexico
Guatemala
Guinea (Conakry)
Zimbabwe
Colombia
Mali
Mauritania
Solomon Islands
Niger
Honduras
Venezuela
Papua New Guinea
Sudan
South Sudan Encourages
Nigeria Investment
Egypt Not a Deterrent to
Central African Republic Investment
Philippines
0% 60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Figure 33: Availability of Labor/Skills

Finland
Sudan 0% 0% 0%
New South Wales
South Sud 0% 9% 9% Queensland
Guatemala 0% 9% 9% New Brunswick
Angola 10% 0% 10% Poland
Solomon Is 0% 13% 13% South Australia
Mongolia 6% 6% 13% Utah
Michigan
Venezuela 4% 9% 13%
Idaho
Wyoming
Nigeria 0% 14% 14% Sweden
Dominican 8% 8% 17% Quebec
Honduras 0% 18% 18% France
Ecuador 4% 16% 20% Serbia
Central Afr 0% 22% 22% Ireland
Morocco
Victoria
Western Australia
Madagasca 0% 27% 27% Nevada
Mali 7% 21% 28% Montana
Uruguay 14% 14% 29% Ontario
Sierra Leo 10% 20% 30% Colorado
Kenya 0% 31% 31% Tasmania
India
Eritrea 0% 31% 31%
Nova Scotia
Niger 0% 31% 31%
Northern Territory
Nunavut 15% 18% 33% Arizona
Egypt 0% 33% 33% Manitoba
Mozambiq 8% 25% 33% British Columbia
Zimbabwe 8% 25% 33% Washington
Kyrgyzstan 13% 20% 33% New Mexico
New Zealand
Myanmar 0% 33% 33%
Portugal
Greenland 0% 33% 33% Spain
Ivory Coast 5% 29% 33% Minnesota
Guinea (Co 6% 29% 35% Newfoundland & Labrador
Ethiopia 9% 27% 36% California
Uganda 0% 38% 38% Turkey
Saskatchewan
Chile
Fiji 23% 15% 39%
Norway
Lesotho 20% 20% 40% Hungary
Laos 0% 40% 40% Mexico
Burkina Fa 8% 35% 42% Bulgaria
Cambodia 0% 44% 44% San Juan
Bolivia 5% 40% 45% Peru
Salta
Alberta
Ghana
Alaska
Greece
Romania
Bulgaria
San Juan
Peru
Salta
Alberta
Guyana 20% 27% 47%
Ghana
Mendoza 12% 35% 47% Alaska
Colombia 15% 32% 47% Greece
Tanzania 10% 41% 52% Romania
Santa Cruz 6% 47% 53% Brazil
Nicaragua 36% 18% 55% China
Zambia
Suriname 0% 57% 57%
South Africa
Liberia 14% 43% 57% Catamarca
Russia 29% 29% 57% Jujuy
Namibia 26% 33% 59% Yukon
Northwest T 24% 36% 60% Botswana
Malaysia 0% 60% 60% Neuquen
La Rioja 10% 50% 60% Chubut
Vietnam
Thailand
Rio Negro 23% 39% 62%
Indonesia 8% 54% 62% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Panama 13% 50% 63%

Vietnam 0% 63% 63%
Chubut 19% 44% 63%
Neuquen 0% 64% 64%
Yukon 38% 31% 69%
Jujuy 23% 46% 69%
Zambia 29% 41% 71%
China 11% 61% 72%
Brazil 21% 52% 73%
Romania 9% 64% 73%
Greece 27% 46% 73%
Alaska 32% 42% 74%
Ghana 18% 57% 75%
Alberta 38% 38% 76%
Salta 29% 47% 77%
Peru 42% 35% 77%
San Juan 22% 56% 78%
Bulgaria 11% 67% 78%
Mexico 31% 48% 78%
Hungary 0% 80% 80%
Norway 20% 60% 80%
Chile 44% 38% 82%
Turkey 18% 65% 82%
Spain 16% 68% 84%
New Zeala 48% 37% 85%
New Mexic 33% 52% 85%
Arizona 51% 36% 87%
India 38% 50% 88%
Ontario 52% 37% 89%
Montana 33% 56% 89%
Nevada 52% 37% 89%
Morocco 18% 73% 91%
Ireland 55% 36% 91%
Serbia 18% 73% 91%
France 42% 50% 92%
Quebec 59% 34% 92%
Sweden 44% 48% 93%
Wyoming 54% 39% 93%
Idaho 50% 43% 93%
Utah 52% 42% 94%
Poland 31% 63% 94%
New Bruns 49% 46% 94%
New South 42% 56% 98%
Finland 54% 46% 100%
Panama
Indonesia
Rio Negro
Philippines
La Rioja
Malaysia
Namibia
Russia
Liberia
Suriname
Nicaragua
Santa Cruz
Tanzania
Colombia
Mendoza
Guyana
Kazakhstan
Bolivia
Cambodia
Burkina Faso
Laos
Lesotho
Fiji
French Guiana
Uganda
Ethiopia
Guinea (Conakry)
Ivory Coast
Greenland
Myanmar
Kyrgyzstan
Zimbabwe
Mozambique
Egypt
Nunavut
Niger
Eritrea
Kenya
Sierra Leone
Uruguay
Mali
Madagascar
Mauritania
Papua New Guinea
Ecuador
Sierra Leone
Uruguay
Mali
Madagascar
Mauritania
Papua New Guinea
Ecuador
Honduras
Dominican Republic
Nigeria
Venezuela
Mongolia
Solomon Islands Encourages
Investment
Angola
Guatemala Not a Deterrent to
Investment
South Sudan
Sudan
0% 60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Table A1: Mineral Potential, Assuming Current Regulation / Land Use Restrictions
1: Encourages investment 2: Not a deterrent to investment
3: Mild deterrent to investment 4: Strong deterrent to investment
5: Would not pursue investment due to this factor
Response 1 2 3 4 5
Alberta 41% 24% 28% 3% 3%
British Columbia 21% 37% 28% 13% 2%
Manitoba 46% 44% 2% 7% 2%
New Brunswick 34% 54% 11% 0% 0%
Newfoundland and Labrador 45% 55% 0% 0% 0%
Canada
Northwest Territories 30% 35% 30% 4% 0%

Nova Scotia 25% 50% 21% 4% 0%
Nunavut 22% 32% 41% 3% 3%
Ontario 35% 35% 22% 6% 2%
Quebec 44% 30% 18% 6% 2%
Saskatchewan 59% 37% 4% 0% 0%
Yukon 30% 46% 18% 5% 2%
Alaska 38% 29% 27% 5% 2%
Arizona 30% 53% 17% 0% 0%
California 11% 11% 22% 38% 19%
Colorado 19% 40% 30% 12% 0%
Idaho 23% 37% 33% 7% 0%
United States
Michigan 40% 33% 20% 7% 0%

Minnesota 32% 21% 37% 11% 0%
Montana 14% 28% 42% 17% 0%
Nevada 45% 48% 7% 0% 0%
New Mexico 15% 56% 15% 11% 4%
Utah 26% 55% 13% 7% 0%
Washington 5% 29% 48% 14% 5%
Wyoming 43% 46% 7% 4% 0%
New South Wales 22% 41% 24% 10% 4%
Northern Territory 33% 49% 18% 0% 0%
Australia
Queensland 25% 46% 26% 3% 0%

South Australia 36% 53% 9% 2% 0%
Tasmania 20% 40% 28% 8% 4%
Victoria 7% 48% 23% 16% 7%
Western Australia 49% 41% 10% 0% 0%
Fiji 31% 23% 31% 15% 0%
Indonesia 14% 16% 19% 43% 8%
Oceania
Malaysia 0% 20% 50% 20% 10%

New Zealand 19% 52% 19% 7% 4%
Papua New Guinea 12% 20% 32% 24% 12%
Philippines 11% 17% 28% 22% 22%
Solomon Islands 13% 13% 25% 38% 13%
Angola 10% 20% 0% 40% 30%
Botswana 46% 43% 11% 0% 0%
Burkina Faso 35% 39% 19% 8% 0%
Central African Republic 0% 22% 22% 11% 44%
Democratic Republic of Congo (D 14% 21% 24% 35% 7%
Egypt 10% 20% 20% 40% 10%
Eritrea 19% 25% 31% 25% 0%
Ethiopia 0% 27% 55% 9% 9%
Ghana 18% 54% 29% 0% 0%
Guinea(Conakry) 6% 24% 35% 29% 6%
Ivory Coast 19% 33% 38% 5% 5%
Kenya 0% 15% 69% 15% 0%
Lesotho 40% 20% 40% 0% 0%
Liberia 29% 43% 29% 0% 0%
Africa
Mali 14% 31% 35% 21% 0%

Madagascar 13% 13% 25% 50% 0%
Mauritania 13% 13% 38% 38% 0%
Morocco 46% 36% 18% 0% 0%
Mozambique 17% 42% 25% 17% 0%
Namibia 33% 44% 22% 0% 0%
Niger 0% 28% 33% 33% 6%
Nigeria 0% 14% 29% 29% 29%
Sierra Leone 9% 27% 36% 18% 9%
South Africa 14% 24% 30% 22% 11%
South Sudan 9% 18% 27% 0% 46%
Sudan 0% 25% 13% 38% 25%
Tanzania 14% 41% 35% 10% 0%
Uganda 12% 29% 35% 18% 6%
Zambia 28% 50% 22% 0% 0%
Zimbabwe 8% 8% 17% 42% 25%
Catamarca 30% 30% 30% 10% 0%
Chubut 6% 25% 19% 44% 6%
Jujuy 15% 31% 15% 23% 15%
La Rioja 10% 30% 30% 20% 10%
Argentina
Mendoza 0% 18% 24% 35% 24%

Neuquen 9% 27% 46% 9% 9%
Rio Negro 15% 23% 23% 31% 8%
Salta 29% 29% 29% 12% 0%
San Juan 17% 56% 17% 11% 0%
Santa Cruz 0% 35% 29% 35% 0%
Bolivia 10% 0% 40% 40% 10%
Brazil 9% 39% 42% 9% 0%
the Caribbean Basin
Chile 41% 39% 16% 4% 0%

Colombia 11% 31% 31% 20% 6%
Dominican Republic 0% 25% 50% 25% 0%
Ecuador 8% 12% 28% 44% 8%
French Guiana 13% 50% 13% 25% 0%
Guatemala 9% 0% 55% 36% 0%
Guyana 53% 7% 33% 7% 0%
Honduras 9% 0% 36% 36% 18%
Mexico 25% 51% 19% 5% 0%
Nicaragua 46% 9% 36% 9% 0%
Panama 13% 50% 31% 6% 0%
Peru 21% 47% 26% 7% 0%
Suriname 14% 14% 43% 29% 0%
Uruguay 14% 71% 14% 0% 0%
Venezuela 9% 9% 9% 35% 39%
Cambodia 11% 22% 33% 33% 0%
China 6% 6% 50% 17% 22%
India 0% 25% 25% 50% 0%
Kazakhstan 9% 46% 18% 18% 9%
Kyrgyzstan 7% 33% 33% 13% 13%
Asia
Laos 10% 30% 50% 10% 0%

Mongolia 13% 6% 19% 50% 13%
Myanmar 25% 0% 33% 25% 17%
Thailand 13% 0% 75% 13% 0%
Vietnam 25% 13% 38% 13% 13%
Bulgaria 0% 44% 56% 0% 0%
Finland 58% 42% 0% 0% 0%
France 8% 58% 8% 17% 8%
Greenland 47% 40% 7% 7% 0%
Greece 0% 46% 27% 27% 0%
Hungary 0% 40% 60% 0% 0%
Ireland 41% 46% 9% 5% 0%
Europe
Norway 30% 50% 15% 0% 5%

Poland 13% 63% 19% 0% 6%
Portugal 15% 69% 15% 0% 0%
Romania 0% 36% 18% 36% 9%
Russia 7% 29% 43% 14% 7%
Serbia 9% 73% 18% 0% 0%
Spain 11% 68% 21% 0% 0%
Sweden 52% 37% 4% 7% 0%
Turkey 6% 69% 25% 0% 0%
Table A2: Mineral Potential, Assuming Policies Based on Best Practices (i.e.
world class regulatory environment, highly competitive taxation, no political
risk or uncertainty, and a fully stable mining regime)

Response 1 2 3 4 5
Alberta 41% 41% 14% 0% 3%
Manitoba 69% 24% 7% 0% 0%
New Brunswick 36% 58% 6% 0% 0%
Newfoundland and L 58% 35% 4% 2% 0%
Canada
Northwest Territorie 73% 22% 2% 2% 0%

Nova Scotia 21% 54% 21% 4% 0%
Nunavut 60% 28% 10% 3% 0%
Ontario 65% 22% 11% 1% 1%
Quebec 69% 22% 8% 2% 0%
Yukon 77% 19% 2% 2% 2%
Alaska 77% 16% 5% 2% 0%
Arizona 63% 30% 7% 0% 0%
California 51% 24% 22% 0% 3%
Colorado 42% 47% 9% 2% 0%
Idaho 60% 40% 0% 0% 0%
United States
Michigan 53% 27% 13% 7% 0%

Minnesota 47% 53% 0% 0% 0%
Montana 56% 33% 6% 6% 0%
Nevada 75% 21% 4% 0% 0%
New Mexico 50% 36% 7% 7% 0%
Utah 48% 52% 0% 0% 0%
Washington 29% 43% 14% 10% 5%
Wyoming 61% 32% 7% 0% 0%
New South Wales 31% 45% 18% 6% 0%
Australia
Queensland 61% 28% 9% 2% 0%

Tasmania 44% 36% 16% 4% 0%
Victoria 23% 45% 19% 7% 7%
Fiji 39% 46% 15% 0% 0%
Indonesia 56% 25% 11% 6% 3%
Oceania
Malaysia 0% 40% 40% 20% 0%

New Zealand 37% 44% 19% 0% 0%
Papua New Guinea 64% 12% 8% 16% 0%
Philippines 50% 17% 17% 17% 0%
Oceani
Angola 30% 30% 20% 10% 10%
Botswana 41% 48% 10% 0% 0%
Burkina Faso 42% 27% 27% 4% 0%
Central African Repu 33% 33% 11% 22% 0%
Democratic Republic 59% 21% 10% 10% 0%
Egypt 20% 20% 30% 20% 10%
Eritrea 31% 44% 13% 6% 6%
Ethiopia 36% 27% 9% 18% 9%
Ghana 46% 32% 21% 0% 0%
Guinea(Conakry) 50% 19% 25% 6% 0%
Ivory Coast 43% 33% 14% 10% 0%
Kenya 0% 46% 31% 23% 0%
Lesotho 20% 20% 60% 0% 0%
Liberia 29% 43% 14% 14% 0%
Africa
Mali 41% 45% 7% 7% 0%

Madagascar 50% 6% 19% 19% 6%
Mauritania 25% 38% 13% 25% 0%
Morocco 55% 27% 18% 0% 0%
Mozambique 42% 25% 17% 17% 0%
Namibia 52% 37% 11% 0% 0%
Niger 22% 22% 44% 6% 6%
Nigeria 29% 29% 29% 14% 0%
Sierra Leone 27% 18% 36% 9% 9%
South Africa 37% 42% 13% 5% 3%
South Sudan 36% 27% 9% 9% 18%
Sudan 38% 13% 13% 25% 13%
Tanzania 43% 33% 17% 7% 0%
Uganda 29% 24% 29% 18% 0%
Zambia 56% 39% 6% 0% 0%
Zimbabwe 44% 24% 20% 4% 8%
Catamarca 50% 50% 0% 0% 0%
Chubut 38% 44% 6% 6% 6%
Jujuy 39% 46% 8% 8% 0%
La Rioja 10% 70% 10% 10% 0%
Argentina
Mendoza 18% 53% 18% 6% 6%

Neuquen 36% 36% 18% 9% 0%
Rio Negro 15% 46% 31% 8% 0%
Salta 53% 41% 6% 0% 0%
San Juan 56% 39% 0% 6% 0%
Santa Cruz 47% 35% 12% 6% 0%
Bolivia 45% 20% 20% 15% 0%
Brazil 63% 25% 13% 0% 0%
e Caribbean Basin
Chile 66% 29% 4% 2% 0%

Colombia 53% 22% 19% 6% 0%
Ecuador 52% 16% 8% 20% 4%
French Guiana 25% 50% 13% 13% 0%
Guatemala 27% 9% 55% 9% 0%
Guyana 53% 20% 13% 13% 0%
Honduras 36% 9% 36% 18% 0%
Mexico 68% 20% 10% 2% 0%
Nicaragua 46% 27% 18% 9% 0%
Panama 38% 38% 25% 0% 0%
Peru 64% 32% 2% 2% 0%
Suriname 29% 43% 14% 14% 0%
Uruguay 14% 43% 0% 43% 0%
Venezuela 44% 17% 17% 9% 13%
Cambodia 22% 44% 11% 11% 11%
China 44% 17% 22% 11% 6%
India 38% 38% 13% 13% 0%
Kazakhstan 36% 36% 18% 9% 0%
Kyrgyzstan 20% 53% 13% 7% 7%
Asia
Laos 40% 60% 0% 0% 0%

Mongolia 50% 25% 6% 13% 6%
Myanmar 58% 25% 0% 17% 0%
Thailand 25% 25% 25% 25% 0%
Vietnam 50% 13% 25% 13% 0%
Bulgaria 22% 22% 44% 11% 0%
Finland 65% 23% 12% 0% 0%
France 33% 33% 33% 0% 0%
Greenland 47% 27% 27% 0% 0%
Greece 0% 60% 20% 20% 0%
Hungary 0% 40% 60% 0% 0%
Ireland 46% 41% 14% 0% 0%
Europe
Norway 35% 35% 25% 5% 0%

Poland 19% 56% 19% 6% 0%
Portugal 33% 50% 17% 0% 0%
Romania 27% 27% 36% 9% 0%
Russia 50% 36% 7% 7% 0%
Serbia 18% 55% 27% 0% 0%
Spain 21% 47% 26% 5% 0%
Sweden 52% 33% 15% 0% 0%
Turkey 24% 47% 24% 6% 0%
Table A3: Uncertainty Regarding the Administration, Interpretation, and
Enforcement of Existing Regulations
Response 1 2 3 4 5
Alberta 52% 21% 18% 6% 3%
Manitoba 42% 38% 8% 10% 2%
New Brunswick 45% 37% 18% 0% 0%
Canada

Nova Scotia 27% 39% 31% 4% 0%
Nunavut 24% 35% 39% 2% 0%
Ontario 22% 30% 30% 13% 6%
Quebec 36% 29% 21% 13% 1%
Yukon 27% 41% 21% 9% 1%
Alaska 20% 27% 41% 11% 2%
Arizona 20% 44% 30% 3% 3%
California 2% 19% 17% 26% 36%
Colorado 11% 19% 47% 15% 9%
Idaho 9% 53% 31% 6% 0%
United States
Michigan 21% 36% 43% 0% 0%

Minnesota 15% 20% 50% 10% 5%
Montana 8% 10% 51% 26% 5%
Nevada 33% 58% 8% 0% 1%
New Mexico 3% 45% 41% 7% 3%
Utah 25% 44% 28% 0% 3%
Washington 0% 17% 30% 30% 22%
Wyoming 48% 35% 14% 3% 0%
New South Wales 16% 28% 33% 12% 11%
Australia
Queensland 24% 38% 32% 4% 1%

Tasmania 8% 32% 32% 20% 8%
Victoria 9% 30% 42% 12% 6%
Fiji 7% 53% 20% 20% 0%
Indonesia 2% 11% 16% 41% 30%
Oceania
Malaysia 0% 42% 25% 33% 0%

New Zealand 10% 37% 37% 10% 7%
Philippines 10% 5% 29% 33% 24%
Angola 8% 8% 33% 17% 33%
Botswana 55% 30% 15% 0% 0%
Burkina Faso 43% 27% 30% 0% 0%
Egypt 0% 17% 42% 25% 17%
Eritrea 12% 35% 29% 18% 6%
Ethiopia 0% 27% 36% 27% 9%
Ghana 36% 33% 27% 3% 0%
Guinea(Conakry) 10% 29% 24% 19% 19%
Ivory Coast 15% 54% 19% 12% 0%
Kenya 15% 15% 39% 31% 0%
Lesotho 0% 50% 17% 33% 0%
Liberia 25% 38% 13% 25% 0%
Africa
Mali 16% 41% 34% 6% 3%

Madagascar 25% 19% 19% 31% 6%
Mauritania 0% 67% 22% 11% 0%
Morocco 29% 43% 21% 7% 0%
Mozambique 8% 31% 54% 8% 0%
Namibia 27% 40% 20% 13% 0%
Niger 16% 21% 16% 37% 11%
Nigeria 20% 30% 30% 20% 0%
Sierra Leone 6% 44% 13% 31% 6%
South Africa 9% 18% 34% 23% 16%
South Sudan 0% 0% 27% 36% 36%
Sudan 0% 11% 22% 22% 44%
Tanzania 12% 47% 32% 6% 3%
Uganda 20% 40% 30% 0% 10%
Zambia 17% 44% 35% 4% 0%
Zimbabwe 3% 3% 3% 30% 60%
Catamarca 23% 23% 31% 8% 15%
Chubut 0% 11% 22% 50% 17%
Jujuy 27% 20% 40% 7% 7%
La Rioja 8% 0% 54% 15% 23%
Argentina
Mendoza 0% 10% 19% 38% 33%

Neuquen 17% 25% 33% 17% 8%
Rio Negro 25% 13% 38% 6% 19%
Salta 43% 19% 19% 5% 14%
San Juan 40% 25% 20% 10% 5%
Santa Cruz 15% 15% 40% 20% 10%
Bolivia 4% 8% 16% 40% 32%
Brazil 5% 36% 39% 21% 0%
the Caribbean Basin
Chile 38% 43% 18% 2% 0%

Colombia 20% 33% 33% 8% 8%
Ecuador 3% 13% 28% 31% 25%
French Guiana 11% 22% 56% 11% 0%
Guatemala 9% 9% 36% 27% 18%
Guyana 24% 47% 29% 0% 0%
Honduras 0% 14% 29% 43% 14%
Mexico 24% 54% 16% 5% 2%
Nicaragua 29% 50% 14% 7% 0%
Panama 15% 50% 25% 10% 0%
Peru 27% 39% 28% 6% 0%
Suriname 22% 33% 44% 0% 0%
Uruguay 11% 56% 33% 0% 0%
Venezuela 4% 0% 7% 19% 70%
Cambodia 10% 20% 40% 20% 10%
China 0% 5% 36% 36% 23%
India 22% 22% 11% 44% 0%
Kazakhstan 8% 31% 15% 39% 8%
Kyrgyzstan 12% 12% 18% 29% 29%
Asia
Laos 9% 46% 27% 18% 0%

Mongolia 5% 11% 11% 37% 37%
Myanmar 15% 8% 46% 8% 23%
Thailand 10% 50% 30% 10% 0%
Vietnam 11% 33% 22% 11% 22%
Bulgaria 9% 27% 27% 36% 0%
Finland 58% 26% 16% 0% 0%
France 21% 29% 21% 29% 0%
Greenland 50% 39% 6% 0% 6%
Greece 7% 27% 20% 40% 7%
Hungary 13% 13% 50% 13% 13%
Ireland 60% 36% 4% 0% 0%
Europe
Norway 24% 52% 24% 0% 0%

Poland 18% 47% 29% 6% 0%
Portugal 41% 59% 0% 0% 0%
Romania 7% 20% 20% 40% 13%
Russia 19% 13% 25% 13% 31%
Serbia 7% 43% 50% 0% 0%
Spain 12% 50% 27% 12% 0%
Sweden 60% 23% 10% 7% 0%
Turkey 10% 45% 30% 15% 0%
Table A4: Uncertainty Concerning Environmental Regulations
Response 1 2 3 4 5
Alberta 33% 27% 27% 6% 6%
Manitoba 17% 48% 27% 6% 2%
New Brunswick 29% 50% 16% 5% 0%
Canada

Nova Scotia 12% 54% 31% 4% 0%
Nunavut 13% 22% 54% 9% 2%
Ontario 14% 35% 31% 17% 4%
Quebec 18% 39% 26% 16% 2%
Yukon 10% 49% 30% 10% 1%
Alaska 8% 28% 31% 28% 5%
Arizona 6% 37% 44% 13% 0%
California 0% 7% 33% 30% 30%
Colorado 2% 26% 45% 17% 11%
Idaho 9% 38% 41% 13% 0%
United States
Michigan 7% 27% 40% 27% 0%

Minnesota 20% 5% 50% 15% 10%
Montana 3% 18% 44% 28% 8%
Nevada 17% 56% 25% 2% 0%
New Mexico 7% 23% 57% 10% 3%
Utah 22% 38% 34% 3% 3%
Washington 0% 13% 35% 35% 17%
Wyoming 31% 41% 21% 7% 0%
New South Wales 7% 29% 21% 35% 9%
Australia
Queensland 10% 31% 42% 14% 3%

Tasmania 8% 12% 39% 35% 8%
Victoria 9% 33% 27% 27% 3%
Fiji 14% 79% 0% 7% 0%
Indonesia 5% 25% 39% 25% 7%
Oceania
Malaysia 0% 42% 33% 17% 8%

New Zealand 0% 23% 33% 30% 13%
Philippines 0% 36% 46% 14% 5%
Angola 8% 42% 8% 25% 17%
Botswana 34% 56% 9% 0% 0%
Burkina Faso 27% 57% 17% 0% 0%
Egypt 17% 50% 8% 25% 0%
Eritrea 12% 71% 6% 12% 0%
Ethiopia 0% 73% 9% 18% 0%
Ghana 19% 59% 19% 3% 0%
Guinea(Conakry) 14% 48% 19% 10% 10%
Ivory Coast 19% 58% 15% 8% 0%
Kenya 8% 46% 39% 8% 0%
Lesotho 0% 83% 0% 17% 0%
Liberia 22% 67% 0% 11% 0%
Africa
Mali 15% 67% 15% 3% 0%

Madagascar 6% 59% 24% 12% 0%
Mauritania 22% 56% 22% 0% 0%
Morocco 21% 71% 7% 0% 0%
Mozambique 15% 69% 8% 8% 0%
Namibia 23% 50% 23% 3% 0%
Niger 16% 63% 11% 5% 5%
Nigeria 0% 60% 0% 40% 0%
Sierra Leone 13% 63% 6% 19% 0%
South Africa 11% 50% 25% 11% 2%
South Sudan 0% 55% 18% 18% 9%
Sudan 0% 44% 22% 33% 0%
Tanzania 18% 58% 15% 9% 0%
Uganda 15% 60% 15% 10% 0%
Zambia 13% 65% 22% 0% 0%
Zimbabwe 0% 41% 24% 10% 24%
Catamarca 31% 31% 23% 8% 8%
Chubut 0% 24% 6% 35% 35%
Jujuy 27% 27% 33% 0% 13%
La Rioja 8% 15% 39% 15% 23%
Argentina
Mendoza 0% 14% 23% 23% 41%

Neuquen 17% 25% 33% 17% 8%
Rio Negro 19% 19% 25% 19% 19%
Salta 38% 24% 24% 0% 14%
San Juan 24% 43% 19% 5% 10%
Santa Cruz 15% 25% 40% 15% 5%
Bolivia 4% 29% 33% 13% 21%
Brazil 2% 33% 49% 16% 0%
nd the Caribbean Basin
Chile 16% 45% 30% 9% 0%

Colombia 15% 37% 29% 12% 7%
Ecuador 0% 17% 30% 37% 17%
Latin America and the Caribbean Basi
French Guiana 0% 0% 78% 22% 0%
Guatemala 9% 27% 36% 27% 0%
Guyana 18% 65% 18% 0% 0%
Honduras 0% 36% 50% 7% 7%
Mexico 16% 60% 22% 2% 0%
Nicaragua 8% 42% 50% 0% 0%
Panama 10% 50% 25% 15% 0%
Peru 12% 54% 30% 5% 0%
Suriname 11% 33% 44% 11% 0%
Uruguay 0% 56% 44% 0% 0%
Venezuela 4% 7% 19% 15% 56%
Cambodia 22% 56% 22% 0% 0%
China 5% 38% 43% 10% 5%
India 11% 56% 22% 11% 0%
Kazakhstan 17% 25% 42% 8% 8%
Kyrgyzstan 6% 31% 25% 31% 6%
Asia
Laos 9% 64% 18% 9% 0%

Mongolia 6% 39% 17% 33% 6%
Myanmar 15% 69% 8% 8% 0%
Thailand 10% 50% 40% 0% 0%
Vietnam 0% 56% 22% 22% 0%
Bulgaria 0% 17% 58% 25% 0%
Finland 23% 42% 26% 10% 0%
France 0% 29% 43% 21% 7%
Greenland 28% 39% 28% 0% 6%
Greece 0% 25% 38% 31% 6%
Hungary 0% 38% 38% 0% 25%
Ireland 28% 40% 20% 12% 0%
Europe
Norway 10% 48% 24% 19% 0%

Poland 6% 47% 41% 6% 0%
Portugal 12% 65% 24% 0% 0%
Romania 0% 25% 25% 44% 6%
Russia 6% 75% 6% 13% 0%
Serbia 0% 86% 14% 0% 0%
Spain 4% 42% 50% 4% 0%
Sweden 31% 35% 24% 3% 7%
Turkey 10% 50% 25% 10% 5%
Table A5: Regulatory Duplication and Inconsistencies (includes
federal/provincial, federal/state, inter-departmental overlap, etc,)
Response 1 2 3 4 5
Alberta 30% 33% 33% 0% 3%
Manitoba 19% 48% 27% 6% 0%
New Brunswick 24% 47% 26% 3% 0%
Canada

Nova Scotia 17% 54% 25% 4% 0%
Nunavut 20% 24% 41% 15% 0%
Ontario 12% 36% 35% 15% 3%
Quebec 20% 39% 22% 18% 2%
Yukon 10% 51% 26% 13% 0%
Alaska 13% 31% 31% 20% 5%
Arizona 8% 42% 30% 19% 2%
California 5% 19% 30% 19% 28%
Colorado 8% 31% 40% 13% 8%
Idaho 6% 39% 36% 18% 0%
United States
Michigan 0% 40% 47% 13% 0%

Minnesota 20% 25% 30% 10% 15%
Montana 3% 26% 39% 23% 10%
Nevada 11% 56% 27% 6% 0%
New Mexico 7% 37% 47% 3% 7%
Utah 10% 52% 29% 7% 3%
Washington 4% 17% 22% 39% 17%
Wyoming 17% 48% 21% 7% 7%
New South Wales 11% 30% 34% 21% 4%
Australia
Queensland 10% 29% 50% 9% 3%

Tasmania 13% 13% 58% 8% 8%
Victoria 12% 24% 42% 12% 9%
Fiji 14% 57% 14% 7% 7%
Indonesia 0% 12% 33% 40% 16%
Oceania
Malaysia 0% 33% 33% 17% 17%

New Zealand 3% 33% 50% 10% 3%
Philippines 0% 14% 36% 32% 18%
Angola 8% 8% 25% 33% 25%
Botswana 25% 56% 13% 6% 0%
Burkina Faso 20% 43% 27% 10% 0%
Egypt 8% 33% 33% 17% 8%
Eritrea 18% 35% 29% 12% 6%
Ethiopia 0% 36% 36% 18% 9%
Ghana 18% 42% 24% 12% 3%
Guinea(Conakry) 10% 29% 33% 14% 14%
Ivory Coast 12% 32% 36% 16% 4%
Kenya 0% 54% 23% 23% 0%
Lesotho 17% 50% 17% 0% 17%
Liberia 22% 33% 33% 11% 0%
Africa
Mali 18% 58% 12% 12% 0%

Madagascar 6% 53% 12% 24% 6%
Mauritania 22% 33% 11% 33% 0%
Morocco 14% 50% 29% 7% 0%
Mozambique 0% 77% 8% 15% 0%
Namibia 27% 40% 27% 7% 0%
Niger 21% 32% 21% 16% 11%
Nigeria 0% 30% 30% 30% 10%
Sierra Leone 6% 50% 19% 13% 13%
South Africa 7% 27% 34% 25% 7%
South Sudan 0% 9% 18% 46% 27%
Sudan 0% 22% 0% 44% 33%
Tanzania 15% 46% 27% 12% 0%
Uganda 10% 55% 15% 15% 5%
Zambia 17% 57% 9% 17% 0%
Zimbabwe 0% 17% 17% 28% 38%
Catamarca 23% 23% 31% 8% 15%
Chubut 0% 11% 22% 50% 17%
Jujuy 27% 7% 40% 7% 20%
La Rioja 8% 8% 54% 15% 15%
Argentina
Mendoza 0% 5% 25% 45% 25%

Neuquen 8% 17% 42% 25% 8%
Rio Negro 6% 19% 38% 25% 13%
Salta 32% 21% 26% 11% 11%
San Juan 25% 40% 10% 15% 10%
Santa Cruz 10% 25% 25% 25% 15%
Bolivia 4% 21% 25% 29% 21%
Brazil 0% 27% 48% 23% 2%
the Caribbean Basin
Chile 22% 55% 22% 2% 0%

Colombia 8% 48% 33% 5% 8%
Ecuador 3% 14% 28% 41% 14%
French Guiana 0% 44% 44% 11% 0%
Guatemala 9% 36% 27% 27% 0%
Guyana 18% 53% 29% 0% 0%
Honduras 0% 14% 57% 21% 7%
Mexico 12% 53% 29% 6% 0%
Nicaragua 14% 50% 21% 14% 0%
Panama 15% 45% 25% 15% 0%
Peru 13% 33% 44% 11% 0%
Suriname 11% 33% 44% 11% 0%
Uruguay 0% 78% 22% 0% 0%
Venezuela 0% 7% 7% 26% 59%
Cambodia 22% 22% 33% 22% 0%
China 0% 10% 38% 38% 14%
India 0% 33% 11% 56% 0%
Kazakhstan 8% 25% 17% 42% 8%
Kyrgyzstan 0% 18% 35% 24% 24%
Asia
Laos 0% 55% 27% 18% 0%

Mongolia 0% 16% 16% 42% 26%
Myanmar 8% 15% 23% 46% 8%
Thailand 10% 30% 40% 20% 0%
Vietnam 0% 22% 33% 22% 22%
Bulgaria 0% 8% 58% 33% 0%
Finland 27% 50% 23% 0% 0%
France 0% 43% 50% 7% 0%
Greenland 22% 61% 11% 0% 6%
Greece 0% 25% 44% 25% 6%
Hungary 0% 25% 63% 0% 13%
Ireland 40% 44% 12% 4% 0%
Europe
Norway 24% 48% 19% 10% 0%

Poland 6% 41% 41% 12% 0%
Portugal 12% 71% 18% 0% 0%
Romania 0% 13% 31% 44% 13%
Russia 0% 38% 13% 31% 19%
Serbia 0% 57% 36% 7% 0%
Spain 0% 35% 39% 23% 4%
Sweden 30% 50% 13% 3% 3%
Turkey 10% 35% 35% 20% 0%
Table A6: Legal System (legal processes that are fair, transparent, non-
corrupt, timely, efficiently administered, etc.)
Response 1 2 3 4 5
Alberta 52% 42% 3% 0% 3%
Manitoba 44% 50% 6% 0% 0%
Canada

Nova Scotia 46% 46% 0% 8% 0%
Nunavut 35% 46% 17% 0% 2%
Ontario 30% 43% 20% 5% 3%
Quebec 32% 44% 20% 3% 1%
Yukon 31% 51% 13% 6% 0%
Alaska 28% 38% 25% 8% 2%
Arizona 29% 48% 19% 3% 0%
California 19% 33% 23% 12% 14%
Colorado 31% 48% 17% 2% 2%
Idaho 30% 52% 12% 0% 6%
United States
Michigan 27% 53% 7% 13% 0%

Minnesota 25% 50% 10% 5% 10%
Montana 26% 49% 18% 5% 3%
Nevada 31% 56% 10% 2% 0%
New Mexico 23% 57% 13% 3% 3%
Utah 31% 56% 6% 3% 3%
Washington 17% 35% 17% 22% 9%
Wyoming 41% 45% 7% 7% 0%
New South Wales 22% 47% 19% 7% 5%
Australia
Queensland 30% 50% 17% 1% 1%

Tasmania 19% 62% 12% 8% 0%
Victoria 27% 52% 15% 6% 0%
Fiji 20% 20% 47% 13% 0%
Indonesia 0% 0% 26% 49% 26%
Oceania
Malaysia 0% 25% 33% 33% 8%

New Zealand 37% 40% 13% 3% 7%
Philippines 0% 5% 29% 48% 19%
Angola 9% 0% 27% 36% 27%
Botswana 31% 56% 6% 6% 0%
Burkina Faso 13% 33% 30% 23% 0%
Egypt 0% 0% 50% 33% 17%
Eritrea 0% 41% 29% 29% 0%
Ethiopia 0% 46% 9% 36% 9%
Ghana 15% 30% 39% 15% 0%
Guinea(Conakry) 0% 10% 24% 48% 19%
Ivory Coast 4% 19% 42% 31% 4%
Kenya 0% 15% 54% 31% 0%
Lesotho 0% 50% 0% 50% 0%
Liberia 22% 22% 22% 33% 0%
Africa
Mali 9% 30% 36% 24% 0%

Madagascar 6% 28% 17% 44% 6%
Mauritania 0% 56% 11% 33% 0%
Morocco 14% 36% 29% 21% 0%
Mozambique 8% 8% 54% 31% 0%
Namibia 27% 33% 30% 10% 0%
Niger 5% 15% 25% 40% 15%
Nigeria 0% 0% 10% 80% 10%
Sierra Leone 6% 25% 25% 31% 13%
South Africa 5% 26% 42% 19% 9%
South Sudan 0% 9% 18% 27% 46%
Sudan 0% 0% 22% 33% 44%
Tanzania 6% 46% 30% 18% 0%
Uganda 5% 47% 26% 16% 5%
Zambia 13% 48% 22% 17% 0%
Zimbabwe 0% 3% 10% 31% 55%
Catamarca 23% 31% 23% 8% 15%
Chubut 6% 17% 33% 28% 17%
Jujuy 27% 13% 27% 20% 13%
La Rioja 15% 0% 46% 15% 23%
Argentina
Mendoza 5% 5% 35% 30% 25%

Neuquen 8% 25% 25% 33% 8%
Rio Negro 6% 31% 31% 19% 13%
Salta 35% 20% 20% 10% 15%
San Juan 25% 25% 25% 15% 10%
Santa Cruz 15% 20% 35% 25% 5%
Bolivia 0% 13% 25% 38% 25%
Brazil 0% 16% 61% 23% 0%
the Caribbean Basin
Chile 25% 52% 21% 2% 0%

Colombia 2% 37% 42% 10% 10%
Ecuador 0% 13% 16% 52% 19%
French Guiana 11% 56% 22% 11% 0%
Guatemala 9% 9% 27% 55% 0%
Guyana 6% 35% 41% 12% 6%
Honduras 0% 0% 21% 57% 21%
Mexico 6% 39% 46% 9% 0%
Nicaragua 14% 21% 43% 14% 7%
Panama 15% 35% 35% 15% 0%
Peru 6% 44% 34% 16% 0%
Suriname 0% 56% 44% 0% 0%
Uruguay 33% 22% 44% 0% 0%
Venezuela 0% 4% 11% 11% 74%
Cambodia 0% 33% 33% 22% 11%
China 0% 5% 18% 41% 36%
India 11% 0% 33% 44% 11%
Kazakhstan 0% 8% 42% 33% 17%
Kyrgyzstan 0% 0% 29% 35% 35%
Asia
Laos 0% 30% 50% 20% 0%

Mongolia 0% 6% 18% 41% 35%
Myanmar 15% 8% 15% 39% 23%
Thailand 11% 11% 78% 0% 0%
Vietnam 0% 25% 0% 50% 25%
Bulgaria 0% 25% 33% 33% 8%
Finland 45% 48% 7% 0% 0%
France 7% 43% 36% 14% 0%
Greenland 39% 33% 28% 0% 0%
Greece 0% 31% 50% 19% 0%
Hungary 0% 50% 38% 0% 13%
Ireland 52% 39% 9% 0% 0%
Europe
Norway 29% 62% 10% 0% 0%

Poland 6% 50% 38% 6% 0%
Portugal 18% 47% 35% 0% 0%
Romania 0% 25% 19% 38% 19%
Russia 0% 25% 13% 31% 31%
Serbia 0% 43% 36% 21% 0%
Spain 4% 46% 42% 8% 0%
Sweden 43% 47% 7% 3% 0%
Turkey 0% 50% 35% 15% 0%
Table A7: Taxation Regime (includes personal, corporate, payroll, capital, and
other taxes, and complexity of tax compliance)
Response 1 2 3 4 5
Alberta 39% 45% 13% 0% 3%
Manitoba 33% 47% 18% 2% 0%
New Brunswick 28% 50% 19% 3% 0%
Canada

Nova Scotia 23% 54% 23% 0% 0%
Nunavut 23% 46% 32% 0% 0%
Ontario 17% 47% 27% 9% 1%
Quebec 23% 33% 32% 12% 0%
Yukon 21% 50% 27% 2% 0%
Alaska 19% 52% 28% 2% 0%
Arizona 16% 47% 37% 0% 0%
California 11% 24% 45% 13% 8%
Colorado 12% 42% 42% 5% 0%
Idaho 7% 59% 31% 3% 0%
United States
Michigan 14% 43% 43% 0% 0%

Minnesota 17% 56% 17% 6% 6%
Montana 9% 43% 40% 9% 0%
Nevada 14% 61% 23% 1% 1%
New Mexico 10% 52% 38% 0% 0%
Utah 13% 61% 26% 0% 0%
Washington 5% 29% 57% 10% 0%
Wyoming 30% 37% 30% 0% 4%
New South Wales 7% 55% 33% 4% 2%
Australia
Queensland 8% 48% 39% 5% 2%

Tasmania 16% 48% 24% 8% 4%
Victoria 9% 53% 34% 3% 0%
Fiji 7% 64% 29% 0% 0%
Indonesia 0% 36% 28% 23% 13%
Oceania
Malaysia 9% 55% 18% 9% 9%

New Zealand 10% 62% 28% 0% 0%
Philippines 0% 45% 20% 15% 20%
Angola 8% 25% 17% 33% 17%
Botswana 23% 61% 16% 0% 0%
Burkina Faso 21% 46% 29% 4% 0%
Egypt 0% 27% 27% 36% 9%
Eritrea 0% 53% 12% 29% 6%
Ethiopia 0% 46% 0% 46% 9%
Ghana 7% 55% 32% 7% 0%
Guinea(Conakry) 5% 30% 50% 15% 0%
Ivory Coast 8% 33% 50% 8% 0%
Kenya 0% 39% 39% 23% 0%
Lesotho 0% 83% 17% 0% 0%
Liberia 13% 50% 38% 0% 0%
Africa
Mali 6% 53% 31% 9% 0%

Madagascar 6% 39% 39% 11% 6%
Mauritania 22% 33% 22% 22% 0%
Morocco 8% 62% 31% 0% 0%
Mozambique 8% 31% 62% 0% 0%
Namibia 14% 59% 28% 0% 0%
Niger 16% 11% 63% 5% 5%
Nigeria 0% 44% 22% 22% 11%
Sierra Leone 14% 50% 21% 7% 7%
South Africa 5% 24% 50% 17% 5%
South Sudan 9% 18% 27% 27% 18%
Sudan 11% 11% 11% 44% 22%
Tanzania 15% 49% 18% 18% 0%
Uganda 5% 55% 25% 10% 5%
Zambia 0% 52% 35% 13% 0%
Zimbabwe 0% 7% 32% 29% 32%
Catamarca 17% 33% 17% 17% 17%
Chubut 11% 11% 22% 33% 22%
Jujuy 14% 29% 21% 14% 21%
La Rioja 17% 0% 42% 25% 17%
Argentina
Mendoza 6% 6% 28% 50% 11%

Neuquen 9% 18% 27% 27% 18%
Rio Negro 20% 27% 27% 13% 13%
Salta 22% 33% 22% 11% 11%
San Juan 11% 33% 28% 17% 11%
Santa Cruz 0% 11% 37% 32% 21%
Bolivia 5% 0% 60% 30% 5%
Brazil 8% 21% 55% 16% 0%
the Caribbean Basin
Chile 22% 45% 30% 3% 0%

Colombia 13% 47% 26% 8% 5%
Ecuador 7% 4% 29% 46% 14%
French Guiana 0% 44% 33% 22% 0%
Guatemala 0% 55% 18% 27% 0%
Guyana 0% 56% 44% 0% 0%
Honduras 0% 8% 67% 25% 0%
Mexico 5% 28% 57% 8% 2%
Nicaragua 9% 55% 36% 0% 0%
Panama 18% 53% 24% 6% 0%
Peru 13% 45% 34% 8% 0%
Suriname 0% 38% 50% 13% 0%
Uruguay 14% 43% 43% 0% 0%
Venezuela 4% 9% 17% 22% 48%
Cambodia 22% 44% 33% 0% 0%
China 0% 35% 35% 25% 5%
India 11% 33% 33% 22% 0%
Kazakhstan 8% 33% 25% 17% 17%
Kyrgyzstan 13% 25% 31% 6% 25%
Asia
Laos 0% 60% 20% 10% 10%

Mongolia 5% 5% 21% 42% 26%
Myanmar 8% 23% 39% 15% 15%
Thailand 13% 38% 38% 13% 0%
Vietnam 0% 63% 0% 13% 25%
Bulgaria 9% 46% 46% 0% 0%
Finland 24% 55% 21% 0% 0%
France 8% 46% 23% 23% 0%
Greenland 13% 50% 31% 0% 6%
Greece 0% 33% 53% 13% 0%
Hungary 0% 43% 43% 14% 0%
Ireland 42% 50% 8% 0% 0%
Europe
Norway 5% 76% 19% 0% 0%

Poland 0% 44% 50% 6% 0%
Portugal 13% 69% 19% 0% 0%
Romania 0% 43% 36% 21% 0%
Russia 13% 27% 33% 20% 7%
Serbia 8% 62% 23% 8% 0%
Spain 0% 58% 38% 4% 0%
Sweden 14% 68% 14% 4% 0%
Turkey 11% 47% 37% 5% 0%
Table A8: Uncertainty Concerning Disputed Land Claims
Response 1 2 3 4 5
Alberta 42% 36% 19% 0% 3%
Manitoba 12% 30% 42% 8% 8%
New Brunswick 19% 44% 31% 6% 0%
Canada

Nova Scotia 16% 64% 12% 8% 0%
Nunavut 14% 48% 29% 7% 2%
Ontario 12% 22% 29% 29% 8%
Quebec 21% 38% 30% 10% 2%
Yukon 9% 33% 28% 22% 8%
Alaska 20% 47% 20% 10% 3%
Arizona 18% 56% 19% 5% 2%
California 16% 47% 24% 8% 5%
Colorado 19% 58% 14% 7% 2%
Idaho 18% 64% 7% 7% 4%
United States
Michigan 7% 50% 29% 14% 0%

Minnesota 17% 50% 22% 6% 6%
Montana 9% 63% 17% 6% 6%
Nevada 24% 60% 11% 4% 1%
New Mexico 18% 50% 25% 0% 7%
Utah 13% 53% 20% 13% 0%
Washington 5% 57% 19% 19% 0%
Wyoming 15% 63% 15% 7% 0%
New South Wales 13% 46% 16% 20% 6%
Australia
Queensland 12% 40% 37% 9% 2%

Tasmania 13% 46% 29% 8% 4%
Victoria 16% 50% 19% 13% 3%
Fiji 7% 50% 21% 21% 0%
Indonesia 3% 15% 18% 39% 26%
Oceania
Malaysia 0% 40% 50% 0% 10%

New Zealand 17% 48% 21% 14% 0%
Philippines 0% 20% 25% 30% 25%
Angola 8% 33% 17% 17% 25%
Botswana 25% 59% 9% 3% 3%
Burkina Faso 25% 46% 18% 11% 0%
Egypt 18% 46% 18% 18% 0%
Eritrea 24% 41% 29% 6% 0%
Ethiopia 9% 73% 0% 9% 9%
Ghana 16% 58% 19% 7% 0%
Guinea(Conakry) 0% 45% 35% 20% 0%
Ivory Coast 4% 58% 38% 0% 0%
Kenya 8% 31% 39% 23% 0%
Lesotho 0% 67% 33% 0% 0%
Liberia 25% 50% 13% 13% 0%
Africa
Mali 13% 47% 28% 13% 0%

Madagascar 6% 39% 17% 33% 6%
Mauritania 33% 44% 22% 0% 0%
Morocco 8% 46% 46% 0% 0%
Mozambique 8% 39% 46% 8% 0%
Namibia 28% 62% 10% 0% 0%
Niger 16% 16% 37% 16% 16%
Nigeria 0% 33% 33% 22% 11%
Sierra Leone 7% 50% 21% 7% 14%
South Africa 7% 12% 49% 26% 7%
South Sudan 0% 9% 46% 27% 18%
Sudan 0% 22% 22% 33% 22%
Tanzania 9% 41% 32% 15% 3%
Uganda 10% 40% 30% 15% 5%
Zambia 17% 52% 26% 4% 0%
Zimbabwe 3% 7% 14% 35% 41%
Catamarca 8% 50% 17% 8% 17%
Chubut 0% 28% 22% 33% 17%
Jujuy 21% 21% 21% 36% 0%
La Rioja 8% 17% 33% 25% 17%
Argentina
Mendoza 0% 21% 32% 37% 11%

Neuquen 0% 46% 18% 36% 0%
Rio Negro 0% 47% 20% 20% 13%
Salta 28% 44% 11% 6% 11%
San Juan 17% 39% 28% 11% 6%
Santa Cruz 11% 32% 32% 21% 5%
Bolivia 5% 10% 15% 60% 10%
Brazil 5% 32% 49% 14% 0%
Chile 19% 44% 32% 5% 0%

Colombia 3% 32% 41% 16% 8%
Ecuador 4% 18% 11% 54% 14%
French Guiana 0% 67% 22% 11% 0%
Guatemala 0% 22% 11% 67% 0%
Guyana 13% 50% 31% 6% 0%
Honduras 0% 27% 46% 27% 0%
Mexico 7% 50% 40% 3% 0%
Nicaragua 0% 36% 64% 0% 0%
Panama 0% 56% 17% 28% 0%
Peru 8% 27% 43% 18% 3%
Suriname 0% 38% 50% 13% 0%
Uruguay 14% 57% 14% 14% 0%
Venezuela 4% 8% 13% 33% 42%
Cambodia 11% 44% 22% 11% 11%
China 5% 21% 47% 11% 16%
India 0% 44% 33% 22% 0%
Kazakhstan 17% 17% 33% 17% 17%
Kyrgyzstan 6% 25% 13% 31% 25%
Asia
Laos 10% 50% 20% 10% 10%

Mongolia 6% 22% 22% 28% 22%
Myanmar 15% 15% 31% 23% 15%
Thailand 11% 33% 33% 22% 0%
Vietnam 11% 67% 11% 0% 11%
Bulgaria 9% 27% 64% 0% 0%
Finland 28% 55% 17% 0% 0%
France 23% 62% 15% 0% 0%
Greenland 27% 60% 7% 0% 7%
Greece 7% 47% 40% 7% 0%
Hungary 0% 71% 14% 14% 0%
Ireland 38% 46% 17% 0% 0%
Europe
Norway 25% 50% 20% 5% 0%

Poland 0% 75% 19% 6% 0%
Portugal 6% 88% 6% 0% 0%
Romania 0% 21% 43% 36% 0%
Russia 0% 39% 15% 39% 8%
Serbia 0% 77% 23% 0% 0%
Spain 0% 64% 32% 5% 0%
Sweden 31% 50% 15% 4% 0%
Turkey 0% 53% 37% 5% 5%
Table A9: Uncertainty over which Areas will be Protected as Wilderness,
Parks or Archeological Sites
Response 1 2 3 4 5
Alberta 13% 48% 26% 10% 3%
Manitoba 14% 42% 28% 12% 4%
New Brunswick 16% 54% 24% 5% 0%
Canada

Nova Scotia 8% 62% 23% 8% 0%
Nunavut 4% 36% 38% 20% 2%
Ontario 5% 39% 28% 24% 4%
Quebec 11% 40% 32% 15% 3%
Yukon 4% 37% 37% 18% 4%
Alaska 10% 30% 36% 20% 5%
Arizona 7% 40% 44% 7% 2%
California 3% 32% 26% 24% 16%
Colorado 9% 30% 48% 9% 5%
Idaho 3% 40% 40% 13% 3%
United States
Michigan 7% 40% 40% 7% 7%

Minnesota 17% 44% 22% 6% 11%
Montana 6% 37% 34% 20% 3%
Nevada 10% 52% 33% 5% 0%
New Mexico 10% 35% 41% 10% 3%
Utah 13% 34% 38% 13% 3%
Washington 0% 18% 59% 18% 5%
Wyoming 11% 63% 19% 7% 0%
New South Wales 11% 44% 26% 13% 7%
Australia
Queensland 9% 35% 38% 15% 3%

Tasmania 8% 31% 23% 31% 8%
Victoria 3% 49% 33% 15% 0%
Fiji 7% 71% 14% 7% 0%
Indonesia 3% 23% 39% 23% 13%
Oceania
Malaysia 0% 27% 55% 18% 0%

New Zealand 0% 31% 41% 21% 7%
Philippines 0% 50% 15% 25% 10%
Angola 8% 58% 17% 8% 8%
Botswana 19% 61% 19% 0% 0%
Burkina Faso 18% 68% 14% 0% 0%
Egypt 18% 46% 18% 18% 0%
Eritrea 12% 65% 18% 6% 0%
Ethiopia 18% 64% 0% 9% 9%
Ghana 7% 61% 26% 7% 0%
Guinea(Conakry) 25% 60% 10% 5% 0%
Ivory Coast 21% 58% 21% 0% 0%
Kenya 8% 54% 15% 23% 0%
Lesotho 17% 67% 17% 0% 0%
Liberia 25% 75% 0% 0% 0%
Africa
Mali 22% 59% 19% 0% 0%

Madagascar 22% 39% 17% 22% 0%
Mauritania 33% 33% 22% 11% 0%
Morocco 31% 54% 15% 0% 0%
Mozambique 17% 50% 33% 0% 0%
Namibia 10% 70% 17% 3% 0%
Niger 16% 63% 16% 5% 0%
Nigeria 0% 78% 22% 0% 0%
Sierra Leone 7% 71% 14% 7% 0%
South Africa 14% 52% 26% 5% 2%
South Sudan 18% 46% 9% 18% 9%
Sudan 33% 22% 11% 33% 0%
Tanzania 27% 52% 21% 0% 0%
Uganda 15% 60% 25% 0% 0%
Zambia 17% 61% 17% 4% 0%
Zimbabwe 4% 43% 29% 7% 18%
Catamarca 8% 58% 25% 8% 0%
Chubut 6% 28% 17% 39% 11%
Jujuy 8% 42% 33% 17% 0%
La Rioja 8% 17% 17% 50% 8%
Argentina
Mendoza 6% 18% 29% 35% 12%

Neuquen 18% 0% 64% 18% 0%
Rio Negro 7% 27% 33% 20% 13%
Salta 29% 47% 12% 12% 0%
San Juan 22% 33% 28% 17% 0%
Santa Cruz 5% 26% 37% 32% 0%
Bolivia 5% 20% 30% 45% 0%
Brazil 8% 30% 49% 14% 0%
the Caribbean Basin
Chile 12% 54% 29% 5% 0%

Colombia 11% 29% 32% 18% 11%
Ecuador 4% 19% 33% 33% 11%
French Guiana 11% 0% 78% 11% 0%
Guatemala 9% 46% 36% 9% 0%
Guyana 13% 50% 38% 0% 0%
Honduras 0% 33% 42% 25% 0%
Mexico 3% 52% 37% 8% 0%
Nicaragua 0% 55% 36% 9% 0%
Panama 0% 22% 50% 28% 0%
Peru 10% 34% 41% 13% 2%
Suriname 13% 63% 25% 0% 0%
Uruguay 0% 71% 14% 14% 0%
Venezuela 8% 17% 17% 21% 38%
Cambodia 11% 56% 33% 0% 0%
China 0% 37% 37% 11% 16%
India 11% 56% 22% 11% 0%
Kazakhstan 17% 17% 42% 17% 8%
Kyrgyzstan 13% 31% 25% 19% 13%
Asia
Laos 10% 60% 30% 0% 0%

Mongolia 6% 35% 35% 24% 0%
Myanmar 23% 31% 46% 0% 0%
Thailand 13% 38% 50% 0% 0%
Vietnam 11% 56% 11% 22% 0%
Bulgaria 0% 36% 36% 27% 0%
Finland 11% 46% 39% 4% 0%
France 8% 39% 39% 15% 0%
Greenland 13% 69% 13% 0% 6%
Greece 0% 27% 40% 33% 0%
Hungary 0% 71% 14% 14% 0%
Ireland 22% 48% 26% 4% 0%
Europe
Norway 14% 52% 29% 5% 0%

Poland 0% 47% 47% 6% 0%
Portugal 6% 81% 13% 0% 0%
Romania 0% 29% 29% 36% 7%
Russia 0% 80% 13% 7% 0%
Serbia 0% 77% 23% 0% 0%
Spain 0% 52% 48% 0% 0%
Sweden 14% 61% 14% 7% 4%
Turkey 5% 42% 42% 5% 5%
Table A10: Quality of Infrastructure (includes access to roads, power
availability, etc.)
Response 1 2 3 4 5
Alberta 55% 31% 10% 0% 3%
Manitoba 39% 35% 24% 2% 0%
Canada

Nova Scotia 50% 46% 0% 4% 0%
Nunavut 4% 11% 33% 49% 2%
Ontario 29% 35% 28% 7% 2%
Quebec 41% 37% 18% 4% 0%
Yukon 12% 22% 46% 21% 0%
Alaska 5% 21% 44% 28% 2%
Arizona 40% 53% 7% 0% 0%
California 31% 59% 5% 3% 3%
Colorado 39% 59% 2% 0% 0%
Idaho 27% 60% 13% 0% 0%
United States
Michigan 47% 47% 7% 0% 0%

Minnesota 47% 53% 0% 0% 0%
Montana 25% 67% 8% 0% 0%
Nevada 44% 53% 4% 0% 0%
New Mexico 23% 60% 17% 0% 0%
Utah 41% 56% 3% 0% 0%
Washington 18% 73% 5% 5% 0%
Wyoming 36% 57% 4% 4% 0%
New South Wales 36% 46% 11% 6% 2%
Australia
Queensland 27% 43% 16% 12% 2%

Tasmania 35% 35% 19% 8% 4%
Victoria 30% 52% 15% 0% 3%
Fiji 21% 21% 21% 36% 0%
Indonesia 2% 22% 44% 29% 2%
Oceania
Malaysia 0% 55% 27% 18% 0%

New Zealand 28% 55% 14% 3% 0%
Philippines 0% 20% 45% 25% 10%
Angola 8% 25% 17% 25% 25%
Botswana 19% 39% 36% 7% 0%
Burkina Faso 11% 32% 39% 18% 0%
Egypt 0% 55% 9% 27% 9%
Eritrea 0% 13% 56% 31% 0%
Ethiopia 0% 36% 36% 18% 9%
Ghana 17% 37% 33% 10% 3%
Guinea(Conakry) 5% 15% 30% 45% 5%
Ivory Coast 13% 33% 33% 13% 8%
Kenya 8% 54% 8% 31% 0%
Lesotho 17% 33% 17% 33% 0%
Liberia 13% 38% 25% 13% 13%
Africa
Mali 3% 13% 59% 22% 3%

Madagascar 0% 17% 39% 28% 17%
Mauritania 0% 11% 33% 44% 11%
Morocco 8% 62% 23% 8% 0%
Mozambique 8% 15% 46% 23% 8%
Namibia 17% 43% 37% 3% 0%
Niger 6% 11% 39% 39% 6%
Nigeria 11% 0% 56% 33% 0%
Sierra Leone 7% 29% 36% 21% 7%
South Africa 21% 36% 31% 12% 0%
South Sudan 0% 0% 0% 100% 0%
Sudan 0% 0% 0% 89% 11%
Tanzania 9% 39% 33% 18% 0%
Uganda 5% 35% 45% 15% 0%
Zambia 9% 48% 30% 13% 0%
Zimbabwe 0% 15% 33% 30% 22%
Catamarca 8% 42% 33% 17% 0%
Chubut 17% 17% 61% 6% 0%
Jujuy 14% 29% 43% 0% 14%
La Rioja 0% 25% 67% 8% 0%
Argentina
Mendoza 11% 21% 53% 16% 0%

Neuquen 9% 36% 46% 0% 9%
Rio Negro 13% 33% 53% 0% 0%
Salta 17% 44% 39% 0% 0%
San Juan 21% 42% 26% 11% 0%
Santa Cruz 11% 26% 47% 16% 0%
Bolivia 5% 10% 33% 48% 5%
Brazil 8% 30% 51% 11% 0%
the Caribbean Basin
Chile 13% 48% 33% 7% 0%

Colombia 8% 34% 40% 13% 5%
Ecuador 11% 14% 29% 43% 4%
French Guiana 0% 11% 56% 33% 0%
Guatemala 18% 27% 27% 27% 0%
Guyana 0% 38% 31% 31% 0%
Honduras 0% 17% 33% 50% 0%
Mexico 18% 50% 32% 0% 0%
Nicaragua 9% 55% 27% 9% 0%
Panama 6% 61% 28% 6% 0%
Peru 8% 42% 42% 8% 0%
Suriname 0% 25% 50% 25% 0%
Uruguay 29% 43% 29% 0% 0%
Venezuela 4% 17% 21% 29% 29%
Cambodia 11% 22% 33% 33% 0%
China 5% 40% 40% 15% 0%
India 11% 22% 44% 22% 0%
Kazakhstan 8% 17% 42% 25% 8%
Kyrgyzstan 6% 6% 56% 19% 13%
Asia
Laos 0% 20% 50% 30% 0%

Mongolia 0% 0% 37% 47% 16%
Myanmar 8% 8% 23% 54% 8%
Thailand 13% 25% 50% 13% 0%
Vietnam 11% 11% 33% 33% 11%
Bulgaria 9% 55% 27% 9% 0%
Finland 55% 24% 21% 0% 0%
France 62% 31% 8% 0% 0%
Greenland 0% 13% 25% 44% 19%
Greece 20% 67% 0% 13% 0%
Hungary 14% 86% 0% 0% 0%
Ireland 63% 29% 8% 0% 0%
Europe
Norway 33% 52% 14% 0% 0%

Poland 12% 59% 29% 0% 0%
Portugal 25% 69% 6% 0% 0%
Romania 0% 64% 29% 7% 0%
Russia 0% 27% 33% 40% 0%
Serbia 15% 69% 15% 0% 0%
Spain 17% 75% 8% 0% 0%
Sweden 56% 33% 11% 0% 0%
Turkey 26% 53% 16% 0% 5%
Table A11: Socioeconomic Agreements/Community Development Conditions
(includes local purchasing, processing requirements or supplying social
infrastructure such as schools or hospitals, etc,)
Response 1 2 3 4 5
Alberta 42% 42% 13% 0% 3%
Manitoba 20% 47% 25% 6% 2%
New Brunswick 31% 53% 17% 0% 0%
Canada

Nova Scotia 40% 56% 4% 0% 0%
Nunavut 12% 26% 45% 17% 0%
Ontario 18% 43% 21% 15% 4%
Quebec 22% 51% 21% 6% 1%
Yukon 20% 46% 22% 11% 2%
Alaska 21% 45% 30% 4% 0%
Arizona 21% 57% 21% 2% 0%
California 21% 42% 21% 16% 0%
Colorado 30% 54% 9% 7% 0%
Idaho 20% 53% 27% 0% 0%
United States
Michigan 20% 73% 7% 0% 0%

Minnesota 39% 33% 28% 0% 0%
Montana 14% 61% 17% 6% 3%
Nevada 22% 65% 12% 0% 0%
New Mexico 18% 54% 29% 0% 0%
Utah 26% 65% 7% 3% 0%
Washington 10% 48% 38% 5% 0%
Wyoming 36% 46% 18% 0% 0%
New South Wales 15% 55% 21% 9% 0%
Australia
Queensland 16% 58% 20% 6% 0%

Tasmania 24% 48% 28% 0% 0%
Victoria 13% 66% 19% 3% 0%
Fiji 23% 31% 39% 8% 0%
Indonesia 3% 22% 41% 30% 5%
Oceania
Malaysia 0% 55% 9% 18% 18%

New Zealand 18% 61% 11% 7% 4%
Philippines 0% 26% 42% 26% 5%
Oceani
Angola 8% 25% 33% 17% 17%
Botswana 21% 55% 21% 3% 0%
Burkina Faso 15% 44% 37% 4% 0%
Egypt 18% 46% 27% 9% 0%
Eritrea 12% 29% 29% 29% 0%
Ethiopia 0% 46% 36% 18% 0%
Ghana 10% 40% 43% 3% 3%
Guinea(Conakry) 5% 35% 45% 15% 0%
Ivory Coast 17% 35% 44% 4% 0%
Kenya 8% 31% 39% 15% 8%
Lesotho 17% 17% 33% 33% 0%
Liberia 13% 38% 50% 0% 0%
Africa
Mali 10% 32% 42% 13% 3%

Madagascar 0% 39% 33% 28% 0%
Mauritania 0% 44% 44% 11% 0%
Morocco 0% 67% 17% 17% 0%
Mozambique 0% 15% 54% 23% 8%
Namibia 21% 38% 35% 0% 7%
Niger 5% 32% 37% 26% 0%
Nigeria 0% 13% 25% 50% 13%
Sierra Leone 8% 39% 23% 15% 15%
South Africa 8% 20% 38% 30% 5%
South Sudan 0% 9% 36% 36% 18%
Sudan 0% 0% 56% 44% 0%
Tanzania 9% 38% 41% 13% 0%
Uganda 5% 58% 11% 21% 5%
Zambia 10% 38% 43% 10% 0%
Zimbabwe 0% 7% 22% 37% 33%
Catamarca 0% 50% 30% 10% 10%
Chubut 13% 25% 25% 25% 13%
Jujuy 8% 23% 31% 31% 8%
La Rioja 0% 20% 30% 20% 30%
Argentina
Mendoza 6% 18% 18% 35% 24%

Neuquen 9% 27% 36% 18% 9%
Rio Negro 15% 31% 39% 8% 8%
Salta 29% 35% 29% 6% 0%
San Juan 22% 50% 11% 17% 0%
Santa Cruz 0% 47% 12% 41% 0%
Bolivia 0% 11% 37% 47% 5%
Brazil 6% 43% 43% 9% 0%
e Caribbean Basin
Chile 13% 59% 25% 4% 0%

Colombia 5% 32% 41% 14% 8%
Ecuador 8% 8% 28% 32% 24%
French Guiana 11% 44% 33% 11% 0%
Guatemala 9% 0% 64% 18% 9%
Guyana 7% 67% 20% 7% 0%
Honduras 0% 8% 50% 33% 8%
Mexico 14% 40% 41% 5% 0%
Nicaragua 0% 36% 64% 0% 0%
Panama 0% 35% 41% 24% 0%
Peru 3% 36% 39% 19% 3%
Suriname 0% 63% 38% 0% 0%
Uruguay 14% 71% 14% 0% 0%
Venezuela 0% 13% 22% 26% 39%
Cambodia 11% 44% 33% 11% 0%
China 0% 39% 39% 17% 6%
India 11% 33% 22% 33% 0%
Kazakhstan 0% 46% 36% 0% 18%
Kyrgyzstan 7% 13% 33% 33% 13%
Asia
Laos 10% 40% 40% 10% 0%

Mongolia 0% 24% 41% 24% 12%
Myanmar 15% 31% 39% 8% 8%
Thailand 13% 25% 63% 0% 0%
Vietnam 0% 50% 38% 13% 0%
Bulgaria 10% 40% 20% 30% 0%
Finland 50% 46% 0% 0% 4%
France 54% 23% 23% 0% 0%
Greenland 0% 63% 25% 13% 0%
Greece 25% 50% 8% 17% 0%
Hungary 17% 83% 0% 0% 0%
Ireland 32% 59% 9% 0% 0%
Europe
Norway 30% 60% 10% 0% 0%

Poland 18% 65% 18% 0% 0%
Portugal 36% 64% 0% 0% 0%
Romania 8% 25% 42% 25% 0%
Russia 14% 29% 21% 29% 7%
Serbia 8% 83% 8% 0% 0%
Spain 10% 67% 24% 0% 0%
Sweden 39% 50% 11% 0% 0%
Turkey 22% 44% 28% 0% 6%
Table A12:Trade Barriers—tariff and non-tariff barriers; restrictions on profit
repatriation, currency restrictions, etc.
Response 1 2 3 4 5
Alberta 52% 45% 0% 0% 3%
Manitoba 42% 56% 2% 0% 0%
Canada

Nova Scotia 46% 54% 0% 0% 0%
Nunavut 31% 67% 2% 0% 0%
Ontario 36% 58% 5% 0% 1%
Quebec 38% 56% 3% 3% 0%
Yukon 37% 62% 2% 0% 0%
Alaska 43% 45% 13% 0% 0%
Arizona 37% 57% 6% 0% 0%
California 42% 50% 8% 0% 0%
Colorado 52% 46% 2% 0% 0%
Idaho 50% 47% 3% 0% 0%
United States
Michigan 47% 47% 7% 0% 0%

Minnesota 39% 61% 0% 0% 0%
Montana 44% 50% 6% 0% 0%
Nevada 38% 54% 9% 0% 0%
New Mexico 48% 52% 0% 0% 0%
Utah 50% 47% 3% 0% 0%
Washington 38% 48% 14% 0% 0%
Wyoming 50% 50% 0% 0% 0%
Australia
Queensland 31% 63% 3% 2% 2%

Tasmania 46% 50% 0% 0% 4%
Victoria 36% 58% 6% 0% 0%
Fiji 15% 46% 31% 8% 0%
Indonesia 3% 18% 42% 26% 11%
Oceania
Malaysia 0% 36% 27% 27% 9%

New Zealand 43% 50% 7% 0% 0%
Philippines 0% 26% 53% 5% 16%
Angola 17% 25% 25% 17% 17%
Botswana 38% 48% 14% 0% 0%
Burkina Faso 22% 41% 33% 4% 0%
Egypt 9% 36% 27% 27% 0%
Eritrea 18% 24% 47% 12% 0%
Ethiopia 0% 36% 46% 18% 0%
Ghana 13% 60% 23% 3% 0%
Guinea(Conakry) 5% 15% 70% 5% 5%
Ivory Coast 13% 44% 35% 9% 0%
Kenya 0% 46% 39% 15% 0%
Lesotho 17% 33% 33% 17% 0%
Liberia 0% 75% 25% 0% 0%
Africa
Mali 16% 42% 39% 3% 0%

Madagascar 6% 28% 39% 28% 0%
Mauritania 11% 44% 44% 0% 0%
Morocco 25% 42% 33% 0% 0%
Mozambique 8% 39% 31% 23% 0%
Namibia 24% 62% 10% 3% 0%
Niger 5% 21% 68% 5% 0%
Nigeria 0% 25% 75% 0% 0%
Sierra Leone 0% 54% 31% 15% 0%
South Africa 13% 38% 40% 8% 3%
South Sudan 0% 18% 73% 0% 9%
Sudan 0% 33% 44% 11% 11%
Tanzania 9% 50% 31% 9% 0%
Uganda 16% 37% 26% 16% 5%
Zambia 5% 70% 20% 5% 0%
Zimbabwe 0% 7% 22% 26% 44%
Catamarca 10% 10% 30% 40% 10%
Chubut 6% 13% 25% 38% 19%
Jujuy 8% 15% 23% 46% 8%
La Rioja 10% 10% 30% 40% 10%
Argentina
Mendoza 6% 6% 24% 41% 24%

Neuquen 9% 9% 36% 27% 18%
Rio Negro 15% 8% 23% 39% 15%
Salta 12% 12% 18% 53% 6%
San Juan 11% 17% 22% 39% 11%
Santa Cruz 0% 0% 29% 47% 24%
Bolivia 5% 20% 30% 40% 5%
Brazil 6% 37% 49% 9% 0%
the Caribbean Basin
Chile 32% 39% 26% 4% 0%

Colombia 19% 39% 31% 8% 3%
Ecuador 4% 31% 27% 31% 8%
French Guiana 22% 44% 0% 33% 0%
Guatemala 9% 55% 36% 0% 0%
Guyana 13% 60% 20% 7% 0%
Honduras 8% 8% 75% 8% 0%
Mexico 22% 45% 28% 5% 0%
Nicaragua 27% 46% 27% 0% 0%
Panama 24% 53% 18% 6% 0%
Peru 25% 54% 14% 7% 0%
Suriname 25% 63% 13% 0% 0%
Uruguay 43% 57% 0% 0% 0%
Venezuela 0% 8% 4% 33% 54%
Cambodia 22% 33% 33% 11% 0%
China 5% 16% 53% 16% 11%
India 11% 11% 44% 33% 0%
Kazakhstan 0% 18% 55% 18% 9%
Kyrgyzstan 0% 0% 64% 7% 29%
Asia
Laos 0% 50% 30% 10% 10%

Mongolia 0% 6% 47% 24% 24%
Myanmar 8% 23% 46% 15% 8%
Thailand 13% 13% 63% 13% 0%
Vietnam 11% 11% 56% 22% 0%
Bulgaria 0% 70% 30% 0% 0%
Finland 46% 50% 4% 0% 0%
France 39% 62% 0% 0% 0%
Greenland 13% 75% 0% 6% 6%
Greece 25% 58% 8% 0% 8%
Hungary 17% 83% 0% 0% 0%
Ireland 46% 55% 0% 0% 0%
Europe
Norway 35% 60% 5% 0% 0%

Poland 12% 65% 24% 0% 0%
Portugal 43% 57% 0% 0% 0%
Romania 17% 50% 25% 8% 0%
Russia 7% 21% 21% 43% 7%
Serbia 0% 100% 0% 0% 0%
Spain 19% 67% 14% 0% 0%
Sweden 39% 57% 4% 0% 0%
Turkey 22% 56% 17% 6% 0%
Table A13: Political Stability
Response 1 2 3 4 5
Alberta 73% 23% 0% 0% 3%
Manitoba 59% 35% 4% 2% 0%
Canada

Nova Scotia 69% 27% 4% 0% 0%
Nunavut 42% 39% 17% 2% 0%
Ontario 50% 32% 16% 1% 1%
Quebec 46% 26% 21% 6% 1%
Yukon 49% 39% 6% 5% 2%
Alaska 52% 29% 14% 5% 0%
Arizona 43% 43% 15% 0% 0%
California 32% 27% 35% 3% 3%
Colorado 41% 41% 14% 5% 0%
Idaho 47% 33% 13% 3% 3%
United States
Michigan 53% 7% 40% 0% 0%

Minnesota 42% 16% 42% 0% 0%
Montana 37% 40% 23% 0% 0%
Nevada 51% 44% 5% 0% 0%
New Mexico 33% 44% 11% 11% 0%
Utah 48% 45% 7% 0% 0%
Washington 29% 29% 29% 14% 0%
Wyoming 50% 43% 7% 0% 0%
New South Wales 51% 26% 11% 8% 4%
Australia
Queensland 42% 40% 13% 5% 0%

Tasmania 50% 31% 4% 15% 0%
Victoria 36% 49% 6% 6% 3%
Fiji 8% 23% 31% 39% 0%
Indonesia 3% 30% 41% 24% 3%
Oceania
Malaysia 0% 55% 27% 18% 0%

New Zealand 68% 32% 0% 0% 0%
Philippines 0% 11% 58% 16% 16%
Angola 8% 50% 0% 17% 25%
Botswana 48% 45% 7% 0% 0%
Burkina Faso 22% 19% 48% 11% 0%
Egypt 0% 0% 18% 46% 36%
Eritrea 13% 13% 50% 19% 6%
Ethiopia 0% 46% 36% 18% 0%
Ghana 30% 37% 20% 13% 0%
Guinea(Conakry) 0% 0% 45% 45% 10%
Ivory Coast 4% 22% 39% 35% 0%
Kenya 0% 8% 62% 31% 0%
Lesotho 17% 17% 17% 50% 0%
Liberia 0% 38% 50% 13% 0%
Africa
Mali 3% 13% 48% 32% 3%

Madagascar 6% 17% 28% 44% 6%
Mauritania 11% 22% 44% 11% 11%
Morocco 42% 42% 8% 8% 0%
Mozambique 15% 31% 15% 31% 8%
Namibia 50% 39% 11% 0% 0%
Niger 0% 26% 26% 32% 16%
Nigeria 0% 13% 25% 50% 13%
Sierra Leone 0% 31% 15% 39% 15%
South Africa 7% 15% 54% 15% 10%
South Sudan 0% 0% 0% 46% 55%
Sudan 0% 0% 11% 56% 33%
Tanzania 21% 36% 24% 15% 3%
Uganda 11% 32% 26% 21% 11%
Zambia 24% 38% 29% 5% 5%
Zimbabwe 0% 4% 4% 37% 56%
Catamarca 20% 10% 50% 10% 10%
Chubut 0% 13% 38% 31% 19%
Jujuy 15% 8% 39% 8% 31%
La Rioja 0% 10% 50% 20% 20%
Argentina
Mendoza 0% 18% 24% 41% 18%

Neuquen 9% 18% 46% 0% 27%
Rio Negro 8% 15% 39% 23% 15%
Salta 29% 12% 35% 12% 12%
San Juan 22% 28% 22% 17% 11%
Santa Cruz 0% 6% 35% 41% 18%
Bolivia 0% 30% 10% 40% 20%
Brazil 11% 51% 29% 9% 0%
Chile 37% 42% 18% 4% 0%

Colombia 11% 43% 35% 3% 8%
Ecuador 8% 19% 23% 31% 19%
French Guiana 33% 33% 22% 11% 0%
Guatemala 0% 46% 27% 27% 0%
Guyana 13% 47% 20% 13% 7%
Honduras 0% 8% 42% 42% 8%
Mexico 14% 48% 31% 7% 0%
Nicaragua 9% 55% 27% 9% 0%
Panama 47% 24% 24% 6% 0%
Peru 17% 41% 29% 14% 0%
Suriname 0% 50% 50% 0% 0%
Uruguay 71% 29% 0% 0% 0%
Venezuela 0% 0% 13% 17% 71%
Cambodia 22% 22% 44% 11% 0%
China 11% 32% 26% 21% 11%
India 44% 0% 56% 0% 0%
Kazakhstan 10% 40% 20% 20% 10%
Kyrgyzstan 0% 6% 19% 44% 31%
Asia
Laos 10% 50% 40% 0% 0%

Mongolia 0% 12% 29% 35% 24%
Myanmar 15% 0% 46% 31% 8%
Thailand 13% 0% 50% 38% 0%
Vietnam 11% 44% 33% 11% 0%
Bulgaria 10% 30% 50% 10% 0%
Finland 75% 21% 4% 0% 0%
France 54% 46% 0% 0% 0%
Greenland 56% 25% 19% 0% 0%
Greece 17% 50% 8% 25% 0%
Hungary 17% 33% 50% 0% 0%
Ireland 73% 27% 0% 0% 0%
Europe
Norway 65% 35% 0% 0% 0%

Poland 24% 53% 24% 0% 0%
Portugal 64% 36% 0% 0% 0%
Romania 17% 17% 33% 17% 17%
Russia 14% 14% 7% 43% 21%
Serbia 8% 67% 17% 8% 0%
Spain 24% 62% 14% 0% 0%
Sweden 68% 29% 4% 0% 0%
Turkey 11% 56% 17% 17% 0%
Table A14: Labor Regulations/Employment Agreements and Labour
Militancy/Work Disruptions
Response 1 2 3 4 5
Alberta 50% 43% 3% 0% 3%
Manitoba 31% 58% 10% 0% 0%
Canada

Nova Scotia 32% 64% 4% 0% 0%
Nunavut 24% 57% 17% 2% 0%
Ontario 19% 59% 19% 2% 1%
Quebec 19% 60% 16% 6% 0%
Yukon 25% 63% 12% 0% 0%
Alaska 43% 39% 18% 0% 0%
Arizona 29% 65% 4% 2% 0%
California 24% 43% 22% 8% 3%
Colorado 34% 57% 9% 0% 0%
Idaho 38% 59% 3% 0% 0%
United States
Michigan 27% 67% 7% 0% 0%

Minnesota 28% 67% 6% 0% 0%
Montana 31% 57% 11% 0% 0%
Nevada 30% 68% 3% 0% 0%
New Mexico 28% 52% 21% 0% 0%
Utah 45% 55% 0% 0% 0%
Washington 15% 65% 15% 5% 0%
Wyoming 50% 43% 4% 4% 0%
New South Wales 19% 51% 19% 8% 4%
Australia
Queensland 10% 55% 21% 12% 2%

Tasmania 20% 48% 20% 12% 0%
Victoria 9% 58% 18% 12% 3%
Fiji 15% 54% 23% 8% 0%
Indonesia 3% 46% 32% 11% 8%
Oceania
Malaysia 0% 64% 27% 9% 0%

New Zealand 29% 57% 11% 4% 0%
Philippines 0% 33% 44% 11% 11%
Angola 8% 33% 33% 8% 17%
Botswana 31% 45% 24% 0% 0%
Burkina Faso 15% 56% 26% 4% 0%
Egypt 0% 46% 46% 9% 0%
Eritrea 6% 71% 12% 12% 0%
Ethiopia 0% 36% 64% 0% 0%
Ghana 17% 53% 27% 3% 0%
Guinea(Conakry) 20% 35% 35% 10% 0%
Ivory Coast 17% 61% 13% 9% 0%
Kenya 8% 31% 54% 8% 0%
Lesotho 33% 17% 50% 0% 0%
Liberia 13% 50% 38% 0% 0%
Africa
Mali 23% 52% 16% 10% 0%

Madagascar 11% 44% 28% 17% 0%
Mauritania 22% 33% 22% 22% 0%
Morocco 25% 67% 8% 0% 0%
Mozambique 0% 23% 69% 8% 0%
Namibia 21% 55% 21% 3% 0%
Niger 21% 26% 42% 11% 0%
Nigeria 0% 50% 50% 0% 0%
Sierra Leone 23% 31% 23% 23% 0%
South Africa 8% 15% 33% 38% 8%
South Sudan 0% 36% 27% 18% 18%
Sudan 0% 44% 33% 22% 0%
Tanzania 13% 44% 34% 9% 0%
Uganda 16% 47% 37% 0% 0%
Zambia 10% 52% 33% 5% 0%
Zimbabwe 0% 26% 37% 19% 19%
Catamarca 10% 10% 60% 20% 0%
Chubut 6% 19% 31% 38% 6%
Jujuy 8% 23% 46% 15% 8%
La Rioja 10% 20% 40% 20% 10%
Argentina
Mendoza 6% 6% 56% 31% 0%

Neuquen 0% 36% 36% 18% 9%
Rio Negro 8% 31% 31% 31% 0%
Salta 18% 41% 35% 6% 0%
San Juan 11% 33% 39% 17% 0%
Santa Cruz 0% 18% 29% 47% 6%
Bolivia 5% 15% 40% 30% 10%
Brazil 18% 24% 44% 15% 0%
the Caribbean Basin
Chile 18% 51% 26% 4% 2%

Colombia 5% 57% 32% 5% 0%
Ecuador 4% 23% 35% 31% 8%
French Guiana 0% 56% 22% 22% 0%
Guatemala 0% 46% 46% 9% 0%
Guyana 27% 33% 33% 7% 0%
Honduras 8% 25% 33% 25% 8%
Mexico 14% 43% 43% 0% 0%
Nicaragua 9% 36% 55% 0% 0%
Panama 18% 53% 24% 6% 0%
Peru 8% 43% 35% 13% 0%
Suriname 25% 25% 50% 0% 0%
Uruguay 29% 57% 14% 0% 0%
Venezuela 13% 4% 21% 38% 25%
Cambodia 11% 56% 22% 0% 11%
China 11% 44% 33% 6% 6%
India 22% 11% 44% 11% 11%
Kazakhstan 18% 27% 27% 18% 9%
Kyrgyzstan 8% 23% 31% 23% 15%
Asia
Laos 0% 80% 20% 0% 0%

Mongolia 6% 29% 53% 0% 12%
Myanmar 8% 46% 39% 8% 0%
Thailand 13% 38% 38% 13% 0%
Vietnam 11% 44% 33% 11% 0%
Bulgaria 0% 60% 30% 10% 0%
Finland 50% 46% 4% 0% 0%
France 15% 39% 23% 23% 0%
Greenland 31% 56% 13% 0% 0%
Greece 8% 50% 25% 17% 0%
Hungary 0% 83% 17% 0% 0%
Ireland 32% 50% 18% 0% 0%
Europe
Norway 45% 55% 0% 0% 0%

Poland 12% 47% 35% 0% 6%
Portugal 0% 86% 14% 0% 0%
Romania 8% 50% 33% 8% 0%
Russia 7% 43% 36% 14% 0%
Serbia 0% 83% 8% 8% 0%
Spain 0% 71% 24% 5% 0%
Sweden 36% 46% 14% 4% 0%
Turkey 11% 61% 22% 6% 0%
Table A15: Quality of Geological Database (includes quality and scale of
maps, ease of access to information, etc.)
Response 1 2 3 4 5
Alberta 60% 33% 3% 0% 3%
Manitoba 63% 35% 2% 0% 0%
Canada

Nova Scotia 50% 46% 4% 0% 0%
Nunavut 31% 41% 18% 10% 0%
Ontario 64% 33% 2% 1% 0%
Quebec 71% 24% 4% 1% 1%
Yukon 59% 32% 6% 3% 0%
Alaska 42% 42% 12% 2% 2%
Arizona 52% 39% 10% 0% 0%
California 25% 50% 17% 8% 0%
Colorado 49% 33% 16% 2% 0%
Idaho 43% 47% 7% 3% 0%
United States
Michigan 33% 47% 0% 20% 0%

Minnesota 39% 56% 6% 0% 0%
Montana 33% 53% 8% 6% 0%
Nevada 48% 42% 7% 3% 0%
New Mexico 39% 50% 11% 0% 0%
Utah 29% 52% 19% 0% 0%
Washington 29% 52% 19% 0% 0%
Wyoming 54% 36% 7% 4% 0%
Australia
Queensland 62% 35% 3% 0% 0%

Tasmania 42% 50% 8% 0% 0%
Victoria 39% 55% 3% 3% 0%
Fiji 23% 46% 15% 15% 0%
Indonesia 5% 24% 46% 24% 0%
Oceania
Malaysia 0% 40% 30% 20% 10%

New Zealand 44% 44% 11% 0% 0%
Philippines 0% 22% 56% 17% 6%
Angola 10% 10% 20% 40% 20%
Botswana 25% 50% 21% 4% 0%
Burkina Faso 8% 42% 39% 12% 0%
Egypt 0% 10% 50% 40% 0%
Eritrea 6% 25% 44% 25% 0%
Ethiopia 0% 10% 50% 40% 0%
Ghana 18% 39% 43% 0% 0%
Guinea(Conakry) 6% 18% 35% 41% 0%
Ivory Coast 10% 33% 43% 14% 0%
Kenya 0% 54% 39% 8% 0%
Lesotho 40% 20% 40% 0% 0%
Liberia 0% 71% 29% 0% 0%
Africa
Mali 10% 41% 38% 10% 0%

Madagascar 13% 31% 25% 31% 0%
Mauritania 0% 25% 38% 38% 0%
Morocco 18% 64% 9% 9% 0%
Mozambique 8% 33% 17% 42% 0%
Namibia 41% 41% 19% 0% 0%
Niger 0% 22% 56% 22% 0%
Nigeria 14% 14% 43% 29% 0%
Sierra Leone 10% 20% 40% 10% 20%
South Africa 22% 57% 19% 3% 0%
South Sudan 0% 0% 36% 36% 27%
Sudan 0% 0% 50% 50% 0%
Tanzania 28% 24% 38% 10% 0%
Uganda 18% 29% 35% 12% 6%
Zambia 17% 50% 33% 0% 0%
Zimbabwe 8% 25% 33% 21% 13%
Catamarca 20% 40% 40% 0% 0%
Chubut 20% 40% 40% 0% 0%
Jujuy 17% 33% 42% 8% 0%
La Rioja 20% 20% 50% 10% 0%
Argentina
Mendoza 13% 25% 56% 6% 0%

Neuquen 20% 40% 30% 10% 0%
Rio Negro 23% 23% 54% 0% 0%
Salta 31% 38% 31% 0% 0%
San Juan 19% 44% 31% 6% 0%
Santa Cruz 6% 56% 25% 13% 0%
Bolivia 5% 15% 50% 25% 5%
Brazil 16% 39% 42% 3% 0%
the Caribbean Basin
Chile 31% 47% 18% 4% 0%

Colombia 9% 37% 34% 20% 0%
Ecuador 4% 32% 28% 32% 4%
French Guiana 25% 38% 38% 0% 0%
Guatemala 9% 27% 27% 36% 0%
Guyana 14% 21% 43% 21% 0%
Honduras 0% 10% 50% 40% 0%
Mexico 33% 51% 16% 0% 0%
Nicaragua 10% 30% 50% 10% 0%
Panama 6% 38% 50% 6% 0%
Peru 28% 53% 16% 3% 0%
Suriname 0% 14% 57% 29% 0%
Uruguay 14% 43% 43% 0% 0%
Venezuela 0% 23% 27% 23% 27%
Cambodia 0% 11% 78% 11% 0%
China 6% 6% 44% 33% 11%
India 0% 75% 13% 13% 0%
Kazakhstan 9% 9% 46% 27% 9%
Kyrgyzstan 0% 20% 53% 20% 7%
Asia
Laos 0% 20% 70% 10% 0%

Mongolia 6% 25% 38% 31% 0%
Myanmar 8% 17% 33% 33% 8%
Thailand 13% 13% 50% 25% 0%
Vietnam 0% 38% 38% 25% 0%
Bulgaria 11% 22% 56% 11% 0%
Finland 81% 19% 0% 0% 0%
France 58% 33% 8% 0% 0%
Greenland 40% 47% 13% 0% 0%
Greece 9% 64% 18% 9% 0%
Hungary 0% 80% 20% 0% 0%
Ireland 50% 50% 0% 0% 0%
Europe
Norway 40% 50% 10% 0% 0%

Poland 6% 63% 25% 6% 0%
Portugal 31% 62% 8% 0% 0%
Romania 0% 64% 18% 18% 0%
Russia 7% 29% 21% 36% 7%
Serbia 20% 50% 30% 0% 0%
Spain 26% 63% 11% 0% 0%
Sweden 74% 22% 4% 0% 0%
Turkey 18% 47% 29% 6% 0%
Table A16: Security (includes physical security due to the threat of attack by
terrorists, criminals, guerrila groups, etc.)
Response 1 2 3 4 5
Alberta 77% 20% 0% 0% 3%
Manitoba 76% 24% 0% 0% 0%
Canada

Nova Scotia 83% 17% 0% 0% 0%
Nunavut 60% 40% 0% 0% 0%
Ontario 65% 29% 3% 2% 1%
Quebec 75% 23% 1% 2% 0%
Yukon 73% 25% 2% 0% 0%
Alaska 68% 28% 4% 0% 0%
Arizona 65% 35% 0% 0% 0%
California 49% 43% 5% 3% 0%
Colorado 67% 28% 5% 0% 0%
Idaho 67% 30% 3% 0% 0%
United States
Michigan 73% 27% 0% 0% 0%

Minnesota 68% 26% 5% 0% 0%
Montana 67% 31% 3% 0% 0%
Nevada 66% 33% 1% 0% 0%
New Mexico 59% 37% 4% 0% 0%
Utah 68% 32% 0% 0% 0%
Washington 62% 38% 0% 0% 0%
Wyoming 71% 29% 0% 0% 0%
Australia
Queensland 69% 31% 0% 0% 0%

Tasmania 68% 28% 4% 0% 0%
Victoria 50% 47% 3% 0% 0%
Fiji 31% 54% 15% 0% 0%
Indonesia 0% 30% 49% 22% 0%
Oceania
Malaysia 10% 70% 20% 0% 0%

New Zealand 82% 15% 4% 0% 0%
Philippines 0% 0% 33% 44% 22%
Angola 0% 40% 10% 20% 30%
Botswana 50% 46% 0% 4% 0%
Burkina Faso 15% 42% 27% 15% 0%
Egypt 0% 0% 22% 44% 33%
Eritrea 6% 31% 25% 38% 0%
Ethiopia 9% 18% 55% 18% 0%
Ghana 21% 36% 36% 7% 0%
Guinea(Conakry) 0% 18% 35% 47% 0%
Ivory Coast 10% 24% 48% 19% 0%
Kenya 0% 23% 54% 15% 8%
Lesotho 20% 40% 20% 20% 0%
Liberia 0% 71% 29% 0% 0%
Africa
Mali 7% 7% 24% 62% 0%

Madagascar 6% 44% 25% 25% 0%
Mauritania 13% 0% 38% 38% 13%
Morocco 9% 91% 0% 0% 0%
Mozambique 0% 33% 50% 17% 0%
Namibia 56% 37% 7% 0% 0%
Niger 0% 12% 24% 53% 12%
Nigeria 0% 0% 14% 57% 29%
Sierra Leone 10% 20% 20% 20% 30%
South Africa 5% 30% 30% 27% 8%
South Sudan 0% 0% 9% 36% 55%
Sudan 0% 0% 13% 88% 0%
Tanzania 14% 28% 55% 3% 0%
Uganda 19% 31% 38% 6% 6%
Zambia 33% 44% 22% 0% 0%
Zimbabwe 4% 13% 33% 13% 38%
Catamarca 30% 60% 0% 10% 0%
Chubut 25% 56% 6% 6% 6%
Jujuy 23% 46% 23% 8% 0%
La Rioja 20% 60% 10% 10% 0%
Argentina
Mendoza 12% 53% 35% 0% 0%

Neuquen 18% 64% 0% 18% 0%
Rio Negro 39% 54% 0% 8% 0%
Salta 41% 35% 24% 0% 0%
San Juan 39% 56% 6% 0% 0%
Santa Cruz 18% 59% 6% 6% 12%
Bolivia 10% 25% 45% 20% 0%
Brazil 18% 39% 33% 9% 0%
the Caribbean Basin
Chile 50% 41% 7% 2% 0%

Colombia 0% 14% 44% 31% 11%
Ecuador 20% 16% 36% 20% 8%
French Guiana 25% 38% 38% 0% 0%
Guatemala 0% 18% 46% 27% 9%
Guyana 33% 13% 40% 13% 0%
Honduras 0% 9% 36% 55% 0%
Mexico 3% 19% 48% 22% 7%
Nicaragua 27% 27% 36% 9% 0%
Panama 25% 44% 19% 13% 0%
Peru 12% 35% 37% 11% 5%
Suriname 57% 29% 14% 0% 0%
Uruguay 86% 14% 0% 0% 0%
Venezuela 0% 9% 26% 26% 39%
Cambodia 22% 33% 44% 0% 0%
China 28% 44% 22% 6% 0%
India 25% 63% 13% 0% 0%
Kazakhstan 20% 50% 10% 10% 10%
Kyrgyzstan 13% 27% 33% 20% 7%
Asia
Laos 10% 50% 40% 0% 0%

Mongolia 13% 38% 44% 6% 0%
Myanmar 8% 33% 25% 17% 17%
Thailand 13% 50% 38% 0% 0%
Vietnam 25% 63% 13% 0% 0%
Bulgaria 22% 33% 44% 0% 0%
Finland 89% 12% 0% 0% 0%
France 55% 46% 0% 0% 0%
Greenland 80% 20% 0% 0% 0%
Greece 46% 36% 9% 9% 0%
Hungary 20% 80% 0% 0% 0%
Ireland 77% 23% 0% 0% 0%
Europe
Norway 80% 20% 0% 0% 0%

Poland 56% 44% 0% 0% 0%
Portugal 69% 31% 0% 0% 0%
Romania 36% 36% 18% 9% 0%
Russia 21% 14% 36% 21% 7%
Serbia 36% 55% 0% 0% 9%
Spain 37% 58% 5% 0% 0%
Sweden 78% 22% 0% 0% 0%
Turkey 6% 53% 35% 0% 6%
Table A17: Availability of Labor and Skills
Response 1 2 3 4 5
Alberta 38% 38% 21% 0% 3%
Manitoba 53% 33% 13% 0% 0%
Canada

Nova Scotia 50% 38% 13% 0% 0%
Nunavut 15% 18% 44% 23% 0%
Ontario 52% 37% 10% 0% 1%
Quebec 59% 34% 7% 1% 0%
Yukon 38% 31% 27% 5% 0%
Alaska 32% 42% 25% 2% 0%
Arizona 51% 36% 11% 2% 0%
California 36% 47% 14% 3% 0%
Colorado 38% 50% 10% 2% 0%
Idaho 50% 43% 7% 0% 0%
United States
Michigan 33% 60% 7% 0% 0%

Minnesota 37% 47% 16% 0% 0%
Montana 33% 56% 11% 0% 0%
Nevada 52% 37% 11% 0% 0%
New Mexico 33% 52% 15% 0% 0%
Utah 52% 42% 7% 0% 0%
Washington 29% 57% 10% 5% 0%
Wyoming 54% 39% 7% 0% 0%
Australia
Queensland 37% 60% 3% 0% 0%

Tasmania 48% 40% 8% 4% 0%
Victoria 39% 52% 10% 0% 0%
Fiji 23% 15% 46% 15% 0%
Indonesia 8% 54% 27% 11% 0%
Oceania
Malaysia 0% 60% 20% 20% 0%

New Zealand 48% 37% 15% 0% 0%
Philippines 11% 50% 22% 6% 11%
Angola 10% 0% 50% 10% 30%
Botswana 18% 50% 32% 0% 0%
Burkina Faso 8% 35% 39% 19% 0%
Egypt 0% 33% 22% 44% 0%
Eritrea 0% 31% 31% 38% 0%
Ethiopia 9% 27% 36% 27% 0%
Ghana 18% 57% 11% 14% 0%
Guinea(Conakry) 6% 29% 24% 41% 0%
Ivory Coast 5% 29% 43% 24% 0%
Kenya 0% 31% 54% 15% 0%
Lesotho 20% 20% 20% 40% 0%
Liberia 14% 43% 29% 14% 0%
Africa
Mali 7% 21% 62% 10% 0%

Madagascar 0% 27% 40% 33% 0%
Mauritania 0% 25% 38% 38% 0%
Morocco 18% 73% 9% 0% 0%
Mozambique 8% 25% 42% 25% 0%
Namibia 26% 33% 30% 11% 0%
Niger 0% 31% 31% 38% 0%
Nigeria 0% 14% 29% 57% 0%
Sierra Leone 10% 20% 40% 20% 10%
South Africa 27% 43% 27% 3% 0%
South Sudan 0% 9% 18% 36% 36%
Sudan 0% 0% 25% 63% 13%
Tanzania 10% 41% 35% 14% 0%
Uganda 0% 38% 50% 6% 6%
Zambia 29% 41% 24% 6% 0%
Zimbabwe 8% 25% 33% 17% 17%
Catamarca 10% 60% 30% 0% 0%
Chubut 19% 44% 25% 13% 0%
Jujuy 23% 46% 23% 0% 8%
La Rioja 10% 50% 30% 10% 0%
Argentina
Mendoza 12% 35% 35% 18% 0%

Neuquen 0% 64% 36% 0% 0%
Rio Negro 23% 39% 31% 8% 0%
Salta 29% 47% 24% 0% 0%
San Juan 22% 56% 17% 6% 0%
Santa Cruz 6% 47% 24% 24% 0%
Bolivia 5% 40% 35% 20% 0%
Brazil 21% 52% 27% 0% 0%
Chile 44% 38% 16% 2% 0%

Colombia 15% 32% 47% 6% 0%
Ecuador 4% 16% 52% 28% 0%
French Guiana 25% 13% 25% 38% 0%
Guatemala 0% 9% 73% 18% 0%
Guyana 20% 27% 40% 13% 0%
Honduras 0% 18% 46% 36% 0%
Mexico 31% 48% 22% 0% 0%
Nicaragua 36% 18% 9% 36% 0%
Panama 13% 50% 25% 13% 0%
Peru 42% 35% 19% 2% 2%
Suriname 0% 57% 29% 14% 0%
Uruguay 14% 14% 57% 14% 0%
Venezuela 4% 9% 48% 26% 13%
Cambodia 0% 44% 44% 11% 0%
China 11% 61% 17% 6% 6%
India 38% 50% 13% 0% 0%
Kazakhstan 27% 18% 46% 9% 0%
Kyrgyzstan 13% 20% 53% 13% 0%
Asia
Laos 0% 40% 60% 0% 0%

Mongolia 6% 6% 69% 13% 6%
Myanmar 0% 33% 42% 17% 8%
Thailand 25% 38% 25% 13% 0%
Vietnam 0% 63% 25% 13% 0%
Bulgaria 11% 67% 22% 0% 0%
Finland 54% 46% 0% 0% 0%
France 42% 50% 8% 0% 0%
Greenland 0% 33% 60% 7% 0%
Greece 27% 46% 18% 9% 0%
Hungary 0% 80% 20% 0% 0%
Ireland 55% 36% 9% 0% 0%
Europe
Norway 20% 60% 20% 0% 0%

Poland 31% 63% 6% 0% 0%
Portugal 15% 69% 15% 0% 0%
Romania 9% 64% 18% 9% 0%
Russia 29% 29% 36% 7% 0%
Serbia 18% 73% 9% 0% 0%
Spain 16% 68% 11% 5% 0%
Sweden 44% 48% 4% 4% 0%
Turkey 18% 65% 12% 6% 0%

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Table 1: Investment Attractivenes

Northwest Territories 76.0 69.7 69.5 71.1 68.0

Michigan 66.3 68.4 52.1 62.1 51.3

Queensland 71.5 73.5 68.3 71.0 69.2

Malaysia 14.1 46.9 * * *

Madagascar 57.8 42.2 41.2 53.7 47.2

La Rioja 42.0 27.0 44.5 * *

Chile 77.2 76.5 71.9 78.9 83.5

Laos 50.0 33.0 * 46.2 *

Norway 62.3 69.0 67.6 58.8 58.7

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Northwest Territories 63.96 57.54 63.75 50.36 40.21

Michigan 66.05 77.76 62.25 72.15 47.92

Queensland 66.13 74.34 62.83 65.51 52.77

Malaysia 5.23 37.32 * * *

Madagascar 34.07 15.6 16.55 41.96 15.63

La Rioja 37.49 10.26 26.49 * *

Chile 72.23 70.86 67.67 75.3 81.32

Laos 20.04 17.52 * 18.33 *

Norway 76.93 84.96 82.4 71.98 67.31

Jurisdiction PPI Ireland

Northwest Territories 0.84 0.78 0.73 0.85

Michigan 0.67 0.62 0.45 0.55

Queensland 0.75 0.73 0.72 0.75

Malaysia 0.20 0.53 * *

Madagascar 0.64 0.6 0.58 0.62

La Rioja 0.45 0.38 0.56 *

Chile 0.81 0.8 0.75 0.81

Laos 0.70 0.43 * 0.65

Norway 0.53 0.58 0.57 0.5

Yukon Guinea (Conakry)

Company president 40.55%

Other Senior Management

A producer company with more than US$50M

Papua New Guinea Kazakhstan

-20% 0% 20% 40% 60% -20% 0% 20% 40% 60%

Northwest Territories 0.48 0.51 0.58 0.44 0.35

Michigan 0.57 0.55 0.43 0.43 0.36

Queensland 0.48 0.58 0.56 0.51 0.55

Malaysia 0.10 0.37 * * *

Madagascar 0.30 0.20 0.12 0.38 0.41

La Rioja 0.25 0.27 0.18 * *

Chile 0.61 0.66 0.64 0.69 0.77

Laos 0.25 0.23 * 0.30 *

Norway 0.55 0.59 0.57 0.32 0.47

Tanzania 14% 21% 35%

Yukon 80.1 Northwest Territories

Jurisdictio Score Nevada

San Juan 72.8 Dominican Republic

Jurisdictio Score India

Jurisdictio Score Ireland

Canada United States

gure 16: Median Policy Perception Index Score

United States Canada

Stayed the Same

0% 10% 20% 30%

Stayed the Same

0% 10% 20% 30%

% 30% 40% 50%

Jurisdictio Encourag Not a DetSum

China Not a Deterrent to

60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Jurisdictio EncouragesNot a DeteSum

Uruguay 0% 56% 56%