This month’s Mineral Exploration Roundup – 2010 conference comes at an important time for Mongolia with the country’s mining industry set to take off.
The opening up of mining through new mining laws and a new investment agreement for the massive Oyu Tolgoi project as well as increasing demand for resources from neighbouring China looks set to drive Mongolia’s economy forward.
Mineral Exploration Roundup – 2010 from March 12-14 at the Conference Hall in the Russian Science and Cultural Centre in Ulaanbaatar will examine the geology and exploration of ore deposits in Mongolia and their genesis, geotectonics and metallogeny. It will also focus on the energy mineral resources of Mongolia, including uranium and coal.
The conference is expected to attract delegates from around the world who are keen to learn more about Mongolia’s emerging mining industry. There will be plenty of opportunity for discussion about the changing nature of the country’s exploration and mining potential.
The event is organized by the Ministry of Mineral Recources and Energy, Mineral Resources Authority of Mongolia, Mongolian Society of Economic Geologists, The Geological Society of Mongolia, Mongolian University of Science and Technology, and the National University of Mongolia.
The first Mongolia Mineral Exploration Roundup in March 2009 was organized by the Mongolian Society of Economic Geologists and the Geological Society of Mongolia with more than 700 national and foreign geologists working throughout Mongolia in attendance.
Organizers intend to make the conference an annual event and attract even more interest from foreign companies already working or investing in Mongolia, as well as those considering this action.
Besides the program of speakers and discussion panels, delegates will have the ability to nominate the ‘best exploration geologist of the year’ and ‘the best rocks and minerals show’.
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