The results show that there is a growing need to plan for socio-economic transition for mine closure, which should be driven by community and mining shareholder expectations to deliver value throughout the mine cycle and to adopt integrated closure practices. Key informants highlighted deficiencies in current practice and outlined a range of barriers and challenges, mostly brought about by the complex nature of the topic itself and the need for multi-stakeholder involvement. There was broad agreement that the practice of socio-economic transition for mine closure would benefit from better definition, structure, and guidance, especially around supporting collaborative transition strategies with communities and government, resourcing internal closure teams, and doing early engagement on socio-economic transition.