Origo
Partners (formerly Origo Sino-India), a China-based provider of private equity
investment and consultancy services, has formed a joint venture with Monnis
International, a Mongolian industrial holding company, to establish Resource
Investment Capital, Ltd. The new joint venture company, headquartered in
Ulaanbaatar, will provide corporate finance advisory services primarily to
companies active in or seeking to enter the Mongolian natural resources sector.

Origo
will own 35% of Resource Investment Capital, with the balance being held by
Monnis, private investors, and the company”s management.