diff --git a/explorer-api/src/geo_ip/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb b/explorer-api/src/geo_ip/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
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diff --git a/explorer-api/src/geo_ip/geo_ip.rs b/explorer-api/src/geo_ip/geo_ip.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1212961b5a
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+++ b/explorer-api/src/geo_ip/geo_ip.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+use isocountry::CountryCode;
+use log::warn;
+use maxminddb::{geoip2::Country, MaxMindDBError, Reader};
+use std::{net::IpAddr, str::FromStr, sync::Arc};
+
+const GEOIP_DB_PATH: &str = "./src/geo_ip/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb";
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum GeoIpError {
+    NoValidIP,
+    InternalError,
+}
+
+// The current State implementation does not allow to fail on state
+// creation, ie. returning Result<>. To avoid to use unwrap family,
+// as a workaround, wrap the state inside an Option<>
+// If Reader::open_readfile fails for some reason db will will be set to None
+// and an error will be logged.
+pub(crate) struct GeoIp {
+    pub(crate) db: Option<Reader<Vec<u8>>>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub(crate) struct ThreadsafeGeoIp(pub Arc<GeoIp>);
+
+pub(crate) struct Location {
+    /// two-letter country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2)
+    pub(crate) iso_alpha2: String,
+    /// three-letter country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3)
+    pub(crate) iso_alpha3: String,
+    /// English country short name (ISO 3166-1)
+    pub(crate) name: String,
+}
+
+impl GeoIp {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        let reader = Reader::open_readfile(GEOIP_DB_PATH)
+            .map_err(|e| {
+                error!(
+                    "Fail to open GeoLite2 database file {}: {}",
+                    GEOIP_DB_PATH, e
+                );
+            })
+            .ok();
+        GeoIp { db: reader }
+    }
+
+    pub fn query(&self, address: &str) -> Result<Option<Location>, GeoIpError> {
+        let ip: IpAddr = FromStr::from_str(address).map_err(|e| {
+            error!("Fail to create IpAddr from {}: {}", &address, e);
+            GeoIpError::NoValidIP
+        })?;
+        let result = self
+            .db
+            .as_ref()
+            .ok_or_else(|| {
+                error!("No registered GeoIP database");
+                GeoIpError::InternalError
+            })?
+            .lookup::<Country>(ip);
+        match &result {
+            Ok(v) => Ok(Some(
+                Location::try_from(v).map_err(|_| GeoIpError::InternalError)?,
+            )),
+            Err(e) => match e {
+                MaxMindDBError::AddressNotFoundError(_) => Ok(None),
+                _ => Err(GeoIpError::InternalError),
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> TryFrom<&Country<'a>> for Location {
+    type Error = String;
+
+    fn try_from(country: &Country) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        let data = country.country.as_ref().ok_or_else(|| {
+            warn!("No Country data found");
+            "No Country data found"
+        })?;
+        let iso_alpha2 = String::from(data.iso_code.ok_or_else(|| {
+            warn!("No iso alpha-2 code found in Country data {:#?}", data);
+            "No iso alpha-2 code found in Country data"
+        })?);
+        let iso_codes = CountryCode::for_alpha2(&iso_alpha2).map_err(|e| {
+            let message = format!(
+                "Fail to get iso codes from iso alpha-2 country code {}: {}",
+                &iso_alpha2, e
+            );
+            warn!("{}", &message);
+            message
+        })?;
+        Ok(Location {
+            iso_alpha2,
+            iso_alpha3: String::from(iso_codes.alpha3()),
+            name: String::from(iso_codes.name()),
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl ThreadsafeGeoIp {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        ThreadsafeGeoIp(Arc::new(GeoIp::new()))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/explorer-api/src/main.rs b/explorer-api/src/main.rs
index 47dddf9f54..20f341bbe2 100644
--- a/explorer-api/src/main.rs
+++ b/explorer-api/src/main.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ mod ping;
 mod state;
 mod tasks;
 mod validators;
+mod buy_terms;
+mod geo_ip;
+mod guards;
 
 const COUNTRY_DATA_REFRESH_INTERVAL: u64 = 60 * 15; // every 15 minutes
 
diff --git a/explorer-api/src/mix_nodes/utils.rs b/explorer-api/src/mix_nodes/utils.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index a151ec318a..0000000000
--- a/explorer-api/src/mix_nodes/utils.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2022 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-use crate::mix_nodes::location::GeoLocation;
-use isocountry::CountryCode;
-
-pub(crate) fn map_2_letter_to_3_letter_country_code(geo: &GeoLocation) -> String {
-    match CountryCode::for_alpha2(&geo.country_code) {
-        Ok(three_letter_country_code) => three_letter_country_code.alpha3().to_string(),
-        Err(_e) => {
-            warn!(
-                "❌ Oh no! map_2_letter_to_3_letter_country_code failed for '{:#?}'",
-                geo
-            );
-            "???".to_string()
-        }
-    }
-}