Whether you are an employee, contractor or consultant working in the mineral industry, there are pressures to deliver the
best possible performance. Technical professionals are usually driven by an internal desire to perform to a high standard
because of personal pride in their profession, but there are an increasing number of external requirements to demonstrate
that the actions taken were based upon reasonable grounds and that the work conformed to current best practice. People
expect these best practice procedures to be followed and governments are now requiring those tendering for contracts to be
registered in some way and to be participants in quality assurance schemes. One is not immune to these pressures just
because you are working in a less legislatively sophisticated developing country in the circum-Pacific rim (Pacrim) region.