This paper details how the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), as a disclosure and conduct regulator, approaches regulation of continuous disclosure, capital raising and control transactions in the mining and resources sector, and the reasons for the approach. In examining this topic the paper considers the Joint Ore Reserves Committee (JORC) Code (JORC, 2004), the VALMIN Code (VALMIN Committee, 2005), the relevant ASX Listing Rules and the relevant provisions of the Corporations Act 2001 (Corporations Act). This paper discusses ASIC's approach to expert reports and disclosure with reference to Regulatory Guides 111 Content of expert reports and 170 Prospective financial information.CITATION:Dodd, B, 2012. Issues in capital raisings and disclosure, in Proceedings International Mine Management 2012, pp 3-14 (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).