Stewart Group, the international
inspection, analysis and assay group has expanded its operations in Mongolia. A
new fire assay laboratory, with state-of-the-art equipment, has been added to
the Stewart Mongolia LLC facility in Ulaanbaatar, which can now provide a
significantly broader range of services to the key mining regions in the
country. The expansion is the second major development at the Mongolia facility
in 12 months, after it became the first internationally owned laboratory in the
country to achieve ISO/IEC 17025:2009 accreditation.

In addition to analysis of gold, silver and platinum group metals, the
Mongolian site can conduct multi-elemental analysis, coal and solid fuel
analysis, trace element analysis by ICPAES, and sample preparation of solid
fuel and geochemical materials.