‘Around 40 state-funded geological survey projects are currently being run in Mongolia. Some 1200 exploration licenses have been granted’ said, M.Ochirbat, President of the Mongolian Industrial Geologists Association.

‘Mongolian Geology – 80’, an international academic conference took place at the State House on Thursday (17 October). The event was being organized by the Ministry of Mining and Heavy Industry, the Mineral Resources and Petroleum Authority, the Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, the National University of Mongolia, and the Mongolian University of Science and Technology.

This year, Mongolia is marking the 80^th anniversary of establishment of  the Geological Investigation Centre.