
The Court sentenced the former chairman of the Mineral Resources Authority, D.Batkhuyag and T.Davaatsogt each to a four year jail term and Jargalsaikan and Bat-Ireedui each to 3.6 years.
The Court reassured the Primary court decision to cancel the 106 illegal mining licenses issued by D.Batkhuyag through power abuse.
During the three day trail in January, the Primary Court had sentenced 6.6 years to the former chairman of the Mineral Resources Authority, D.Batkhuyag and 6 years to N.Davaatsogt, the former Head of the Office for Geological and Mining Cadastre of the Mineral Resources Authority. Batkhuyag`s friends, Jargalsaikhan and Batireedui, Directors of Zelem LLC, had been sentenced to 5.1 years by the Primary Court.