This work analyzes and compares the legal framework for foreign investments in the mining
sector in Australia South Africa and Colombia. The admission of foreign investments corporate
structure requirements ownership of minerals and mineral rights mining licenses land access
performance requirements distribution of profits and the tax regime repatriation of profits
national and international dispute resolution mechanisms and the question of the Social License
to Operate (SLO) Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policies are discussed in detail. The
work concludes with an outlook on the future regulation of foreign mining investments and
finally suggests the development of an International Mining Investment Law.
