One must remember that Honduras suspended mining activities for seven years following a constitutional ruling that the previous mining law was unlawful; the principal problems with the prior code related to a lack of community agreement to mining activities; it not surprising, therefore, that this modern legal work has attempted to ensure that there is a high level of engagement with local communities. Nevertheless, regardless of the reason and the past, the end result is a defective mining code that does little to assure the miner of security of tenure.