And you believe that !!!Absolutely. The tax is not just an extra fee that will force miners to move elsewhere. It comes as part of a package that benefits mining firms during the early investment phase of exploration and new mine establishment. Only if a firm starts to coast and cream does it face the full tax, so the incentive is to keep exploring, investing and growing- the exact opposite of what vested interests are claiming.
The IMF is a fairly capitalist organization so if they don't perceive the tax as an economic negative then surely it's time to review again- including that table I posted earlier showing that firms that are investing heavily are BETTER OFF under this new tax.
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1