ESG Issues Create New Legal Minefields for Mining Companies

SUGAR LAND, TEXAS--March 8, 2021--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Rising investor interest in environment, social and governance (ESG) issues creates new legal pitfalls for publicly traded Metals & Minerals companies, two speakers told attendees at the 123rd National Western Mining conference last week. While the speakers discussed the potential legal perils ESG disclosures could pose under U.S. securities laws, a practical concern also came to mind: Adding ESG issues to the already crowded conference slide about "required disclosures" could make the words unreadably small.