Argentina is at a critical moment of mining expansion, especially in Lithium (NOA), Copper (San Juan, Catamarca, Salta and Mendoza), gold/silver (Santa Cruz and potentially in Chubut) and rare earths.
These projects, which involve foreign direct investment, are structurally international insofar as they require a series of complex contracts with counterparties outside of Argentina (e.g., from equipment imports to offtake agreements to financing contracts), negotiated under global guidelines.
Furthermore, the success of mining projects depends on compliance with international environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards that condition their approval, construction and obtaining financing.
The program, with its multidisciplinary approach combining law, finance, economics, and other sciences, is launched as an introduction to these challenges. With professors who possess practical and academic experience in various countries, it offers a comparative approach in which students can learn about the main challenges facing the industry globally.
Welcome to a program designed to train professionals who structure, negotiate, and legally protect international mining projects, from exploration to mine closure.
The program consists of nine classes of four hours each, to be held on Fridays from 9:00 to 13:00 and from 14:00 to 18:00 h. and Saturdays from 9:00 to 13:00 h.
Mining companies and suppliers, the National State, mining provinces and multilateral organizations are demanding increasingly specialized profiles in this field.
The Program, with a methodology that combines theory with practical cases, is geared towards professionals in the legal, economic, environmental and exact sciences who have advisory or decision-making roles in:
Dr. Catherine J. Boggs is a world-renowned expert consultant on mining and natural resources. She was Vice President of Corporate Development at Barrick Gold Corporation and currently advises the governments of the United States, Argentina, Afghanistan , Ecuador, Micronesia, Paraguay, Serbia, and Vietnam on international mining law.
Dr. Ana Elizabeth Bastida is a Senior Professor at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum, and Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee, UK. She has served as an advisor on mining law to several governments in Latin America (e.g., Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador), Africa (e.g., Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Mozambique ), Asia, and Europe, as well as to international organizations such as the World Bank and the United Nations, and international mining companies. She is the author of * The Law and Governance of Mining and Minerals: A Global Perspective* (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2020).
Dr. Scot Anderson is a partner at the law firm Womble Bond Dickinson , based in Colorado, USA. He was president of the Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law in the United States, one of the world's most prestigious institutions in the field of energy and natural resources law. He served as legal lead for energy and mining projects for the World Bank in countries such as Afghanistan, Jordan, Zimbabwe, Liberia, and Tanzania. He teaches graduate courses in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Dr. Adriano Drummond Trindade , LLM in Natural Resources and Policy from the University of Dundee, is the partner in charge of the mining law department at Mattos Filho law firm in Brazil. He holds a PhD in Law and Regulation from the University of Brasília and teaches in several postgraduate programs specializing in mining in countries such as Brazil, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He is also a board member of the Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law in the United States.
Carlos Saravia Frías , M.Sc., LLM in International Minerals Law from the University of Dundee, partner at Estudio Saravia Frías and former Secretary of Mining of Argentina (2002). He has experience as legal counsel to international mining companies and has participated in the development of mining projects in several countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia.
Marcos Conca holds an LLM in International Minerals Law & Policy from the University of Dundee, UK. He is the Corporate and Legal Affairs Manager for Glencore Pachón in Argentina and a professor in several postgraduate programs and specialized courses on natural resources in Argentina. He is the Academic Director of the Master's Program in Mining Business Management at the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences of the Catholic University of Cuyo and a member of the Ibero-American Network of Mining Law.
Ramiro San Román holds an MSc in Finance & Private Equity from the London School of Economics, UK. He is Vice President of Investment Banking at EY-Parthenon in Buenos Aires and has experience in financing mining projects in Latin America. He has worked as an advisor to investment funds in London and has helped Latin American companies list on the London Stock Exchange.
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The classes taught by foreign professors will be in English and in person.
The course aims to give students:
The Program seeks to be an ideal complement to other courses or specializations in mining that are more focused on domestic law or local problems.
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