“Justice” faction inquires about Gatsuurt deposit

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Head of the Parliamentary MPRP-MNDP joint “Justice” faction Mr N.Battsereg MP called a press conference on Monday to share the results of the faction’s inquiries on Tavan Tolgoi and Gatsuurt deposits. The last meeting of the Parliament has discussed the issue of including the Gatsuurt gold deposit in the list of strategic deposits of Mongolia. After taking a break on this meeting, the faction has held its meeting to get sounded with various types of information about the deposit with assistance from a citizen of Mandal soum of Selenge aimag, a cryologist, and representatives of NGOs. The faction members exchanged their opinions about “Noyon” mountain, a historic landmark where the findings date back to the times of Hun Empire have been found, on whether there are still more archaeological findings to be discovered, and about the measures to be taken in such a case. Head of the faction N.Battsereg MP expressed that he is not against conducting any mining operations at the site and registering it as a strategic deposit. “I am only concerned about the potential threat of destruction for Noyon mountain, and for the historic heritages around the landmark”, he added. Minister of Mongolia and a head of the Tavan Tolgoi working group M.Enkhsaikhan gave the faction information about current processes of the Tavan Tolgoi negotiations. According to him, the negotiations have concluded its initial phase, thus, the sub-groups on the matters of railroads and deposit investment have been obligated to settle detailed resolutions for the major coal deposit.