This strategic agreement has a significant impact on Ukraine’s subsoil use market. It reshapes approaches to mergers and acquisitions (M&A), opens new opportunities for attracting investment, enhances regulatory predictability, and creates conditions for transparent access to mining licenses.
Questions for discussion:
- Legislative Stability Guarantees – Ukraine commits to ensuring a predictable regulatory environment for investors in the mineral resources sector
- Mining License Issuance – the agreement promotes a more transparent and efficient licensing process, especially for projects funded through the joint investment fund
- Export Restrictions – while there are no direct bans, the agreement emphasizes local processing and value-added production in Ukraine
- Ukraine’s Contribution to the Fund – a portion of revenues from subsoil use will be reinvested into the economy — including infrastructure, energy, and security
- Capital Raising – the agreement opens access to international capital, encouraging M&A, joint ventures, and innovation in the sector
Speaker:
Dmytro Kashchuk, expert in economics, public administration, and subsoil use. From 2006 to 2008, he worked in the Verkhovna Rada, contributing to state budget development. At the Ministry of Economy (2008–2009), he led export development strategies, credit and insurance mechanisms, supported Ukrainian exports abroad, and initiated the creation of ukrexport.gov.ua. In 2010–2011, he attracted investments from 10 major companies to Lviv region. In 2014, he headed the State Service of Geology and Subsoil.
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