[OPS4]

You need to read it, As I said Private companies and citizens have the right to mine them irregardless of the treaty
Read it here.
http://books.google.com/books?id=KutVoTerSxsC&pg=PA98&lpg=PA98&dq=Who+governs+space+mining&source=bl&ots=uUdbi_D1iF&sig=rccSkVkP_OcegLBDKveG6nrfnt0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BSkkT7WRJqXm0QGF-vWECQ&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Who%20governs%20space%20mining&f=false

[frithguild]

"The activities of non-governmental entities in outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, require authorization and continuing supervision by the respective States parties to the Outer Space Treaty. "

http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/ha/tos/tos.html

The UN seems to disagree.

I have not fully read the sources you have cited. All I am telling yoy is that the treaty puts a gigantic legal obstacle in the way of raising private capital. Let's say you have billions and you plan a for profit launch from your own private equatorial island to mine an asteriod. Will the UN and all the signatories to the treaty just OK, good luck, when they have a claim to the profits?