Mining investment combines geological, legal, environmental, operational and commercial uncertainty. A polished presentation can explain an opportunity, but due diligence must test the evidence beneath it.
Step 1: Define the investment case
Identify the commodity, deposit model, project stage, funding requirement, intended return path and decisions expected during the next 12–24 months. A clear thesis prevents the review from becoming an unfocused collection of documents.
Step 2: Verify the mining title
Confirm the title type, perimeter, holder, validity, work commitments, renewal status, transfer conditions and applicable authority. Morocco’s Law 33-13 and implementing texts are the core official references. Contracts and regulatory conclusions require qualified Moroccan legal advice.
Step 3: Rebuild the geological story
Review regional geology, mineral occurrences, mapping, sampling, analytical certificates, QA/QC, geophysics, trenching, drilling and historical interpretations. Separate facts from assumptions and identify what data were never collected.
Step 4: Test technical plausibility
Ask whether the proposed deposit model explains the observed lithology, structure, alteration, mineralogy and geochemistry. Check whether targets are spatially coherent and whether alternative explanations were considered.
Step 5: Examine processing and product questions
Mineralogy and metallurgy determine whether mineralisation can become a saleable product. Review recovery assumptions, deleterious elements, variability, product specifications, transport and potential buyers.
Step 6: Review environment and social context
Consider water, waste, rehabilitation, biodiversity, land access, local communities and cumulative impacts. Morocco’s sustainable-development framework and mine-rehabilitation obligations should be integrated into project planning.
Step 7: Build a staged verification plan
Good due diligence ends with decisions: proceed, proceed conditionally, redesign the work program or stop. Each proposed exploration phase should have a budget, technical objective and decision gate.
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Official and academic references
- Official Mining Law 33-13
- Implementing Decree No. 2-15-807
- Moroccan Ministry – Regulatory Texts
- Official Morocco Investor Portal
- Ministry of Investment – Investment and Business Climate
- Moroccan National Geoscientific Infrastructure
Information reviewed in September 2026. Regulations, procedures and investment incentives can change; confirm current requirements with the competent Moroccan authorities before acting.