I think Fraser Institute Rankings need to be put into their proper perspective.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiU0JivyrTwAhUiwTgGHQzLAeMQFjAEegQIBhAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fraserinstitute.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fannual-survey-of-mining-companies-2020-execsum.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0hFH30Ol4qvlG8y5AeQuJB
Some quotes are....
Sweden saw its PPI score decline by 1 point this year, and it dropped in the rankings from 12th (of 76) in2019 to 20th (of 77) in 2020. Investors expressed increased concern over regulatory enforcement (+14points), geological database (+14 points), and regulatory duplication and inconsistencies (+13 points).
Sweden
Permitting processes continue to be extremely slow and uncertain.—A producer company with more than US$50M, Company president
PPI = Policy Perception Index
....but can that much have changed in 12 months ?
https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2020/02/25/1989799/0/en/Fraser-Institute-News-Release-Western-Australia-top-ranked-jurisdiction-in-global-mining-survey-while-Canada-falters.html
I'm not sure that there is anything here that could dis-incentivize Alicanto from searching for Falun 2
or $X Billion worth of copper gold silver but still a good and relevant post from Maxiburger.
Perhaps others here can do a much better job than me at making a meaningful interpreting the above information.
It would be interesting to run this stuff by Peter George and see what reaction he may give as he has had hands on
experience in the Swedish Mining industry.
