The Executive Director of Erdenes MGL LLC, B.Enebish, has said that the Mineral Resources Council has confirmed Zuun Tsankhi has 795 million tons of coal.  Preparation work on the surface was begun in June, 2010, and exploitation work is now ready to begin. Enebish also said that the company hopes to initially export 10 million tons of coal a year from Zuun Tsankhi.  Construction of a coal washing and processing factory would begin this year and it would be operational in 2013.