— Myanmar (Burma) is one of the largest countries within Southeast Asia, and as a jurisdiction has long been known to be richly endowed in deposits of tin, tungsten, copper, gold, silver, zinc, lead, gemstones, jade and hydrocarbons (Chhibber, 1934; Brown, 1936; Griffith, 1956; Soe Win and Marlar Myo Myint, 1998).Until the late 1930s it was a …