CHRISTOPHER GOSS
Chairman of the Board
Christopher, minerals financier & economist, ran business development for natural resources for the IFC (International Finance Corporation) out of London office from 2006-2010, IFC is private sector arm of the World Bank Group, and is a major private sector investor in mining in emerging markets. Earlier he led IFC mining transactions in Africa, Russia, Central Asia and and Latin America. Prior, he advised African governments in natural resource policy and, negotiations in Ghana, Tanzania, Mozambique and Swaziland. From 2010—2017 he was on the board of and latterly Non Executive Chairman of Triple Plate Junction, now Tethyan Resources, which was listed on AIM in London.
IMPROVING RISK PROFILE TO THE ENVIRONMENT
Laos has improved its risk profile by 20% over the last four years according to the Mining Journal 2020 annual world risk assessment report, by far the largest increase globally in that period. From a risk perspective Laos now falls right in the middle of world mining jurisdictions and is the least risky country in SE Asia.​
Extract from Executive Summary of the Mining Journal report below:
The biggest improvers over a four year-period were Laos and Greenland, which put almost 20 and eight points respectively.
The Investment Risk Index (IRI) provides jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction ratings across five core areas necessary to consider when assessing mining related risk :
Legal, Governance, Social, Fiscaland Infrastructure.