(1) World Wide Minerals Ltd. and (2) The Estate of Mr. Paul A. Carroll, QC v. The Republic of Kazakhstan

The PCA provides administrative support in this arbitration, which is being conducted under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (as adopted in 1976).

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Name(s) of Claimant(s)	(1) World Wide Minerals Ltd. (Private entity) and (2) The Estate of Mr. Paul A. Carroll, QC (Private entity )
Name(s) of Respondent(s)	The Republic of Kazakhstan (State)
Names of Parties	-
Case number	2026-08
Administering institution	Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
Case status	Pending
Type of case	Investment arbitration
Subject matter or economic sector	Mining and quarrying
Procedural rules	UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules 1976
Treaty or contract under which proceedings were commenced	Bilateral treaty Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments dated 20 November 1989 Country A: - N/A - Country B: - N/A -
Language of Proceeding	English
Seat of Arbitration (by Country)	United Kingdom
Arbitrator(s), Conciliator(s), Other Neutral(s)	Judge Joan E. Donoghue (Presiding Arbitrator) Sir Daniel Bethlehem KC Sir Christopher Greenwood GBE, CMG, KC
Representatives of the Claimant(s)	Ms. Melissa S. Gorsline Mr. Paul C. Hines Mr. James Egerton-Vernon Ms. Isabella Noyen Mr. Prashant Kelshiker Ms. Viktoriia Korynevych Mr. Jared M. Lockhart Jones Day Mr. Baiju Vasani Twenty Essex Mr. Alexey Bukhtiyarov Barrister & Solicitor
Representatives of the Respondent(s)	Ms. Lucy Winnington-Ingram Mr. Michael Darowski Mr. Mansur Nurlybayev Ms. Corina Lefter Ms. Imogen A. Hardin Reed Smith LLP Mr. Sam Wordsworth KC Mr. Joe Smouha KC Mr. Paul Choon Kiat Wee Essex Court Chambers Mr. Yerlan Mussabayev Ms. Assemgul Zhaksylykova Mr. Adilbek Kaziyev Ms. Dana Sissenova Mr. Adilkhan Kairulla Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Representatives of the Parties
Number of Arbitrators in case	3
Date of commencement of proceeding	12 December 2025
Date of issue of final award	-
Length of Proceedings	Pending
Additional notes	Commencement of original arbitration: 12-12-2013

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