mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-font-kerning:12.0pt">The concern of this paper is to highlight on the licensing and liability regimes of the mineral resources laws of Nigeria and China and to also by way of comparism explicate the grey areas that hinders effective and optimal realization of the intendments of the laws on mineral resources utilization and development in Nigeria and China. It equally highlighted the role of the relevant administrative bodies in granting, approval and regist...