The Government meeting yesterday instructed the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy to devise ways to implement
the order to regulate artisanal or “ninja” mining of small mines. The
enforcement of the regulations will be the responsibility of the State Professional
Monitoring Agency and Governors of aimags and districts

The
order, covering 11 chapters and 36 provisions, is designed to restrict the
scope of ninja activities, with a total ban on mining in water areas, and of
ores containing radioactive elements, and of oil and natural gas. It calls
for such miners to form cooperatives and to work under legal agreements
covering areas and means of mining ores, especially gold, and their subsequent
processing and sale.