The
Government has been faulted for not providing too many details on its  Tavantolgoi policy and also for not
clarifying what the policy means in terms of specifics, but the people seem to
be enthusiastic about what  has been
announced. A survey covering 730 respondents in Ulaanbaatar city and in
Khuvsgul, Dundgovi, and Tuv provinces has found that 48% of the respondents
fully approved of the government policy while only 6% were totally against. The
survey was conducted between June 16 and June 21 by the Sant Maral Foundation.
Seventy-three percent thought it was right to have 100% of the deposit under
state control while 16% felt this was wrong.

The Prime
Minister’s decision to distribute some share of the deposits to all citizens
was supported by 82% while 7% said it was a wrong step. Forty-eight percent
were confident they would profit from the move.

The
government initiative to sell part of Tavantolgoi only to Mongolian citizens
and business entities was favored by 79 percent. While 61 percent of those
surveyed felt that all national enterprises should have equal opportunities to
participate in the project, only 12 percent wanted such chance to be restricted
only to the consortium Mongol 999 +.