Over the last fifteen years, large-scale mining companies have started engaging in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), with the aim of contributing to developing local communities affected by their operations. Large-scale mining companies, together with the World Bank, have formulated voluntary principles and benchmarks to guide these company-community relations. Recently, it has been argued
... [Show full abstract] that CSR is also crucial in the early stages of exploration. Nowadays, mining consultants propagate a process approach to company-community relations, from early exploration to post-mining planning.