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Our publications include the CONNEX Code of Conduct, an overview of who we are and how we work, and a range of regular reports highlighting our impact. Together, they show how we support governments to secure fairer, more sustainable investment contracts; contracts that shape the future of their countries.

Clause Insights: Force Majeure – Preparing for the future today

Force majeure (FM) clauses are contractual provisions that excuse a party from fulfilling contractual obligations due to unforeseen circumstances beyond the party’s control that hinder or prevent the party from performing those obligation…

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Clause Insights: Third Party Access in Infrastructure

Infrastructure projects demand heavy investment and often create more capacity than one user requires. Concession agreements in mining, energy, or green hydrogen therefore raise a key question: how should additional users gain fair access…

Clause Insights: Take-or-Pay Clauses in Renewable Energy

Many governments are looking increasingly to renewable energy as key to ending energy poverty and meeting their emissions targets.

Clause Insights: Implications for Women in Mining and Infrastructure

Women play a crucial, if not underappreciated, role in mining and infrastructure projects.

Clause Insights: Lock-In Clauses in PPP Contracts

Lock-in clauses in PPP contracts are crucial, particularly in Africa, where risks, uncertainties and political factors challenge infrastructure projects.

Clause Insights: Sustainable Infrastructure Contractual Aspects

Infrastructure investment gaps in the billions create huge opportunities for contracts that benefit people and the environment.

Clause Insights: Clauses, contracts and their generational impacts

Explore specific clauses and share the knowledge of experts consideration in mining contracts.

Clause Insights: Negotiating Sliding-Scale Royalties in Mining

Royalties are an important part of the mining fiscal regime, compensating host states for the loss of their finite natural resources.

Clause Insights: Mining and Climate Change

As climate change becomes a central global policy concern and its effects are felt worldwide, mining contracts should pay special attention to climate-related issues and risks.

Clause Insights: Community Development Agreements

Navigating Company-Community Relationships through Community Development Agreements, by Kristi Disney Bruckner, Sustainable Development Strategies Group.

Clause Insights: Stabilization Clauses in Mining

Rising demand for critical raw materials makes contracts for their exploration and production more crucial.

CONNEX at a Glance

Learn more about CONNEX’s mission, approach and how we work with partner governments around the world providing multidisciplinary expert advice to strengthen government capacity and help achieve better deals.

Code of Conduct

The Code of Conduct sets out the values and professional standards that shape our support to partner governments in complex investment negotiations, ensuring that transparency, independence, and integrity remain at the core of our work.

How to Request Support

CONNEX is demand-driven and supports requesting governments in negotiating investment contracts in the extractive, infrastructure, and renewable energy sectors. Here you find detailed information on how to request support.

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Argentina

In Argentina, CONNEX supported Catamarca’s provincial government in evaluating and negotiating the closure of the Bajo de Alumbrera mine, ensuring environmental responsibility, financial safeguards, and knowledge for future mine closures.

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Colombia

In Colombia, CONNEX provided, geological, environmental and mining expertise to the provincial government of Antioquia in the evaluation around the licensing of a large-scale copper-gold mine.

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Liberia

With financial modelling expertise, CONNEX assisted the Liberian government to recoup an immediate USD 22 million for an advanced pricing agreement (APA).

Mongolia

In Mongolia, CONNEX assisted the government with technical, legal, tax, and financial expertise in the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold megaproject, boosting revenues and promoting sustainability.

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Montserrat

In Montserrat, CONNEX supported the government in structuring its first geothermal project, providing legal, financial, and strategic expertise to attract investors and advance the island’s 100% renewable energy transition.

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Philippines

In the Philippines, CONNEX worked with the government to design a transparent framework for auctioning the Basay Mine, balancing investor appeal with long-term economic sustainability.

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Senegal

Supporting Senegal’s mining strategy, CONNEX advised the government on complex gold project negotiations, enabling fairer deals, greater revenues, and stronger government capacity for future mining agreements.

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