– Oyu Tolgoi LLC specialists meet representatives of the Khanbogd soum community –
On Monday, 13 February, representatives of the Khanbogd soum participated in a meeting organised by Oyu Tolgoi LLC – one month after the town-hall meeting with Mongolian President, Elbegdorj Tsakhia, management of Oyu Tolgoi LLC and the community of the Khanbogd soum. Oyu Tolgoi specialists provided information about jobs, employment opportunities, environmental protection plans and answered questions from local residents.
It was a busy week for Oyu Tolgoi CEO and President, Cameron McRae. Earlier in the week he visited and greeted elders of the Khanbogd soum for the Lunar New Year celebrations, he then attended the graduation of 70 local students graduated from the Oyu Tolgoi scholarship programme and also presented a donation of a second ambulance for the soum hospital.
G.Batsukh, Chairman of the Board of Oyu Tolgoi LLC, spoke of the many accomplishments achieved in the short time of the two year mine construction phase. T.Bayarsaihan, Vice President for Regional and Social Development at Oyu Tolgoi LLC, spoke of the contribution the mine has made to the development of the Khanbogd soum. These includes construction of the local vocational school, the donation of two diesel generators and fuel for these stations and development of the dental hospital. T.Bayarsaihan said, “this meeting was organised in a very productive and creative atmosphere. Local residents of the Khanbogd soum wanted to find out whether Oyu Tolgoi listens to them. This meeting confirms that we always listen to opinions of the local residents and share and act on their concerns. Our door will always be open and any resident of the Khanbogd soum can express their opinion to us”.
Next month, a meeting on the issue of ‘Local Water’ will be held with representatives of the Khanbogd soum. Oyu Tolgoi LLC recently discovered Gunii Hooloi, a deep water aquifer. The company will use water from this aquifer for mining operations, saving the precious local water for the local community and their livestock.
About Oyu Tolgoi LLC (http://en.ot.mn/)
Oyu Tolgoi LLC is Mongolia's largest copper and gold mining company and is a strategic partnership between the Government of Mongolia (34 per cent stake), Ivanhoe Mines (66 per cent) and Rio Tinto. Rio Tinto is the major shareholder in Ivanhoe Mines and the manager of the Oyu Tolgoi project. In addition to dividends from its 34 per cent stake in Oyu Tolgoi, the Government of Mongolia will receive taxes and royalties.
Oyu Tolgoi, located in the Gobi desert in southern Mongolia, will be one of the largest and highest-grade copper and gold mines in the world. It is the largest project ever developed in Mongolia, requiring a capital investment for phase 1 of more than US$6 billion.
Oyu Tolgoi is committed to contributing to a sustainable future for Mongolia. At least 9 out of 10 employees will be Mongolian once the mine is in production and Oyu Tolgoi is investing US$58 million dollars (78 billion MNT) in training and education and an additional US$27 million dollars (36 billion MNT) in the Workforce Employment Project designed to help address the general skills shortage in Mongolia
Oyu Tolgoi's key priorities are the health and safety of employees, best-practice environmental management, contributing to sustainable communities and always doing business with integrity, for the benefit of all the project's shareholders and the people of Mongolia.
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