MMDA 1.0 was over one year in the making. The project encompassed two major innovations: (1) this website and (2) a series of consultations: collaborative stakeholder meetings on the content of MMDA 1.0.
This website originally served as a forum for comment on various drafts of MMDA 1.0. This website now provides public access to MMDA 1.0 and related resources. The website also provides MMDA 1.0 users with a forum to share experience using the document.
MMDA 1.0 consultations involved a collaborative process engaging multiple stakeholders in mineral development, including industry, governments, and civil society. Below you will find the MMDA 1.0’s development timeline and links to presentations and other supplemental information from these past events.
April 2009 International Bar Association Section on Energy, Environment, Resource and Infrastructure Law (SEERIL) Mining Law Committee formally kicks off the MMDA Project and identifies key Administrative Committee members.
October – December 2009 MMDA Project teams ’deconstructed’ over 80 actual mine development agreements to identify provisions that represent alternative approaches and best practice in four broad subject matters: (1) Tenure; (2) Finance; (3) Party Rights & Obligations; (4) Other Terms & Conditions, leading to an outline of MMDA 1.0.
March 2010 Public presentation of MMDA 1.0 outline and request for participation and comment, in conjunction with Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada meeting in Toronto.
March 2010 Presentation on the MMDA Project and request for participation and comment on MMDA 1.0 at the World Mines Ministries Forum in Toronto. For more information, click here.
April 24 – 25, 2010 Civil Society Consultation on MMDA 1.0, organized by the Mining Law Committee of the International Bar Association with the assistance of the International Institute for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Strategies Group. For more information, click here.
April 26 – 28, 2010 Presentation and discussion of MMDA 1.0 at a convening of the International Bar Association Section on Energy, Environment, Resource and Infrastructure Law (SEERIL) Mining Law Committee in Toronto.
Late April – September, 2010 First phase of Web-based consultation on MMDA 1.0.
June 2 – 4, 2010 Presentation on the MMDA Project and discussion of MMDA 1.0 at a Governance for Extractive Industries (GEI) forum in Wilton Park, UK. Download the flyer: GEI flyer.
June 17 – 18, 2010 Presentation on the MMDA Project and discussion of MMDA 1.0 at a World Economic Forum Meeting on Fair Mineral Development Initiatives, Ulan Bataar.
August 25 – 26, 2010 Presentation on the MMDA Project and discussion of MMDA 1.0 at a Public Finance Transparency Program meeting, Astana. In this meeting, Soros Foundation-Kazakhstan, the International Bar Association, and Revenue Watch Institute discussed MMDA 1.0 and issues surrounding transparency of investments in natural resource development. Participants included government, industry and civil society leaders.
September 2010 Re-drafting of MMDA 1.0.
October 4, 2010 Presentation of draft MMDA 1.0 at IBA annual meeting in Vancouver. IBA Annual Meeting Information
October 12, 2010 IBA Mining Law Committee chair Peter Leon presented and discussed the MMDA Project at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Additional details here.
October 2010 Publication of draft MMDA 1.0 on this website.
October – November, 2010 Second phase of Web-based consultation on MMDA 1.0.
October 22, 2010 MMDA Project presentation and discussion of MMDA 1.0 with the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa. For further information contact Wilfred Lombe at wlombe@uneca.org.
December 2010 MMDA Project presentations and discussions of MMDA 1.0 held in Beijing with China University of Geosciences and with the Law Centre of Chinese Ministry of Land & Resources.
December 20, 2010 End of public comment period on draft MMDA 1.0.
January – March 2011 Re-drafting of final MMDA 1.0.
April 4, 2011 Presentation of final MMDA 1.0 at Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Special Institute on International Mining and Oil & Gas: Law, Development & Investment, April 4, 2011 in Rio de Janiero.
April 2011 Publication of final MMDA 1.0 on this website.