“Along with a social license to operate, some funds see mining companies with strong ESG principles trading at a premium in the market.”

[COMMENTARY] We are in a new era in mining. Electrification of the world requires massive new investment in mining — and mining needs ESG to get its permitting and social license. Ethical and sustainable investors might be surprised that they can invest in mining and still satisfy their ESG concerns while possibly making good financial returns too.
ESG investing is bigger than BlackRock and will continue to drive the mining sector – portfolio managers, by Neils Christensen, July 20, 2023, Kitco, Canada.