Source: Montsame                          Date: 24 February, 2011

Prime Minister S.Batbold received detailed information from senior Xstrata officials on how they operate the Mount Owen coal mine in Australia, which is believed to have certain similarities with the Tavan Tolgoi deposit. The Xstrata group is one of the bidders for the Mongolian deposit and its officials called on the Prime Minister in Australia to give a presentation on how they developed the infrastructure of the mine, and its present organization, including marketing and management practices. The mine extracts 15 million tons of coal a year.