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Africa becoming more attractive to mining investors, but policy stifles South Africa’s mining …

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – While Zimbabwe and Mozambique ranked in the bottom ten of the least attractive jurisdictions in the world for mining investment, the Fraser Institute’s ‘Annual Survey of Mining Companies 2016’, shows that the continent continues to look better for investors and ranks ahead of Oceania, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Argentina for its investment attractiveness. The survey ranks 104 jurisdictions around the world based on geologic attractiveness and the extent to which government policies encourage or deter exploration and investment.