President
Ts. Elbegdorj, 47, yesterday underwent rectal surgery at the Mongolian-South
Korean Songdo Hospital in Ulaanbaatar. The President”s Office has said in a
statement the surgery “was successful and the President is getting
better”.

DeTeam Co Ltd.
recently announced plans to spend USD10 million to acquire entire equities of
Shine Shivee LLC, which owns exploration rights on seven collieries with coal
reserves totaling 2.14 billion tons in Mongolia. The Hong Kong-listed firm
inked a letter of intent on

Canada-based Meritus Minerals Ltd.
has entered into a drilling contract to test its high grade gold project in
Mongolia. The contractor has commenced mobilization to the site at Gutain
Davaa. He is establishing the camp, constructing access roads to the drill
sites and preparing

The Ministry of Nature, Environment,
and Tourism recently instructed concerned organizations to immediately inspect
the activities of companies extracting minerals in areas falling under the
Orkhon river basin area. This will be part of a special program of the State
Specialized Inspection Agency (SIA)

A Mongolian troupe is being billed as a major attraction
at the upcoming 25th annual Idaho International Dance Festival in Idaho Falls.
The group from Bulgan has performed in various places of Mongolia, and in
America and Japan.

“When we dance, a good

The National Statistics Office
reveals an increase in the number of divorces, especially among young couples. The
number of people getting married reached a peak in 2006, but that figure of 48,996
has been falling ever since, hitting 34,071 in 2009. The number

Kh.Batbaatar, director of statistics
of Geology and Mining Cadastre Department, talks about the temporary suspension
on issue of mining licenses imposed by President   Ts.Elbegdorj on April 20.

How
many exploration licenses did you give before the ban?

The National Security
Council modified the President’s decision on

MP P.Altangerel answers questions
on a program called Teacher that he has developed and will submit for
discussion by Parliament at its Autumn session.

What
is the program about?

Policy makers talk only
about mining, livestock, gold and copper and leaves out the issue “Who will
develop

Voyager Resources has reported “exceptional” high grade drilling
results from the North Hinge Zone at the Daltiin Ovor Gold Project in Mongolia
with intersections including 3 meters at 50.59 g/t gold. A further RC drilling
program is now being planned to test strike

Hunnu Coal has reported the initial test results of coal quality
analyses performed on samples taken from the due diligence drill cores at the
Tsant Uul Coking Coal Project in southern Mongolia, demonstrating similarities
to coals at the giant Tavan Tolgoi Coking Coal