Latin Lawyer exclusive Reference section provides the answers to key legal and regulatory questions in the region in relation to important practice areas. Pre-eminent practitioners from one firm in each country answer the question-and-answer format questionnaire for their respective jurisdiction, creating an international "road-map" of practice within Latin America.

As leading expert in the mining field, ARIFA partner Roy C Durling, provides insight into the Panamanian jurisdiction for this area of practice, its unprecedented growth and the current Panamanian administration's efforts to modernise mining legislation.