Land access & compensation: who actually receives the money.
Compensation paid to the wrong person under a customary landholding is compensation a mining operator will likely have to pay twice.
Mining
Mining title diligence: what the MCO certificate does not tell you.
A valid Mineral Title Certificate confirms the title exists. It does not confirm the title is free of overlaps, disputes, or unresolved surface-rights claims.
Community Development Agreements: drafting CDAs that get delivered.
A Community Development Agreement that exists only as a signed document, with no delivery mechanism, is the single most common cause of mining-site community conflict.