STARTING IT RIGHT: Mineral Exploration and the Social License to Operate

Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum

Ian Thomson

Organization:: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
Pages:: 18
File Size:: 225 KB
Publication Date:: May 1, 2010

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OBJECTIVES OF EXPLORATION ? Prove/Disprove presence of potentially economic mineralization ? Keep on budget ? Minimize negative environmental impacts ? Gain a ?Social License to Operate? (SLO) WHAT IS A ?SLO? ? Granted by the local community ? Intangible, informal, non-permanent ? Has to be earned and then maintained ? Defined as ? Ongoing Approval (BSR and AccountAbility) ? Ongoing Approval, broad social Acceptance (Joyce and Thomson) ? Ongoing Acceptance (Nelson, and many others) ?Expression of the quality of a ?relationship?

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APA: Ian Thomson (2010) STARTING IT RIGHT: Mineral Exploration and the Social License to Operate

MLA: Ian Thomson STARTING IT RIGHT: Mineral Exploration and the Social License to Operate. Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, 2010.

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