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Jimi I worry (only imo and if the reporting is accurate) that it may be a little more serious . She posted "Erdenbadrakh team's illegal 2020 resolution related to Petromatad's LLC's 20th field of Petromat petroleum was revoked by 100% vote at today's team meeting".
The Online Dictionary definition of the word "revoke" is
To officially cancel (a decree, decision, or promise).
Of course all this is mashed up in the facebook translation discombobulator ... so technical definitions of words may not of course be being accurately translated
The way I read it the permit has been granted and Petro Matad have agreed ts and C's with the relevant people but appears that the official documents haven't been submitted by the governor to the administration body and that's what they are protesting about because nothing has been given to them from the company. So it looks like we are awaiting the paperwork to reach another desk to be finalized. AIMHO. GLA
I am not sure what all that means
Governor of Matad Soum Dornod Aimag.... 29/4/2022 G ADILBISH TANAA. According to the 13th resolution of the citizens public meeting of the ERDENEBADRAKH BAGH Dated 6/2020 which is kept in the governor's office have not been submitted to the relevant state administration body. Translated from another form that was posted Friday. Looks pretty official too. GLA
I think drilling will go ahead . Just matter of offering something to locals in return.
Heron is right next to a massive oil field so how can they stop one company and let the other company carry on making mess of the environment.
All the oil facilities are in the same region.
Matad soum villag is 50- 70miles away.
These environmentalists come from different towns and try and influence local people to vote against MATD..
The government needs to get involved and find out what the real problem is.
It can't be one rule for PC and another for PM.
Guys try and email MATD and put pressure to get this problem resolved.
It's taking far too long to get a permit. 2019 is when the issue started. They should've got to the bottom of this by now.
Mongolia is about the same size as Europe with 3.3 million inhabitants (half of which live in the capital).How can they be worried about environmental issues!Europe has about 500 million people.Surely the Mongolian government want Matd to start pumping oil.It makes no sense for them to make life difficult for us.However if we don’t get drilling by 30th June some serious questions need to be answered.
Correct Knigel, thanks for pointing out my error.
The Gold Mine - I am sure you meant Tuesday?
Well I hope they've improved their public relations/diplomacy and residents' engagement skills since 2019. Wiki says that there are only 2500 residents in the Matad Soum. I dont know but I guesd many may ne related as well.
Reposting this, Petro Matad appealed to the police to hold the company accountable
2020/07/06
Petro Matad appealed to the police to hold the company accountable
Aimag and soum authorities, as well as citizens and civil society organizations, strongly opposed Petro Matad's illegal oil exploration in Matad soum last year. As a result, the Aimag Governor issued an order to forcibly vacate land A / 600 No. 2019, and on December 11 of the same year, Matad soum organized the land acquisition. E.Tumurbaatar, the governor of Matad soum, said that the company would conduct an environmental damage assessment and rehabilitate Petro Matad. Matad soum has appealed to the Dornod aimag police. In particular, Petro Matad LLC was investigated and prosecuted for environmental crimes under Article 24 of the Criminal Code.
I think the problem will.be solved but Matd will have to offer something half decent.
Looking at the history Matd has always donated to the locals.
Reminds me of a western oil and gas project I seen, the oil company had to go to outrageous lengths to buy off the local population... They were giving 6 figure sums to fishermen for "disruption" to fishing, etc, the problem was anyone who had a boat was claiming to be fisherman, there was all sorts of scams on the go, people were buying inflatables and claiming to be fisherman... The difference between that situation and this is Mongolia is sandwiched between Russia and China and nobody is queuing to setup shop in Mongolia, and also they need to start producing oil for their refinery + pipeline project,
master82: PM have told us in the last 2 RNSs they have petitioned the central government and it is going through the approvals procedure... From the last RNS
"At the same time, efforts are continuing apace to get the government to remedy the legal contradictions related to land access and usage issues that have previously impacted the work of Petro Matad and other operators in Mongolia. We are advised that proposed legal changes confirming land use rights, including input Petro Matad has provided, are working their way through the approvals processes within the central government."
I can only see one winner in this contest, the local council / permit office can play funny c__$ for a while, but the central government need new field development and exploration to ensure the oil supply to the refinery project + pipeline...
I'm hoping there is a dip on Monday and I will buy some more,
I think the only way is Matd needs to get the main government involved.
Surely they have given licence to matd and must have more power than the local governor.
The lady in question has made another post 5 hours ago:
"The 20th square of oil, Petromatad company's BONNU Khatandalai LLC has a obligation to submit a resolution of the 13th resolution of 2020.07.06 to the Khatandalai LLC."
Looks like they want PM to resubmit something that has disappeared from (or was never originally put in) the archive from almost 2 years ago, this smells to me like a game of "lose the paperwork", the local council / permit office can keep tying things up indefinitely with these sorts of games (haven't followed procedure / paperwork got lost in the archive / meeting couldn't be held that day etc. etc.) then refusing to issue permits...
Look at the the Facebook clip which o posted earlier.
Land was revoked on December 2019.
So no ones signed the approval.
We are in the same situation as 2019.
Besides money raised and exploration licence no other progress has been made.
It was never signed and approved. Read it properly. They still have not got access to heron
master82- thank you but whatever that is it’s dated 9th November 2019
The situation re local permits under Exploitation and Note NOT Exploitation was resolved much earlier
See RNS dated
“….20 August 2019
Petro Matad Limited
Operational Update
Petro Matad Limited ("Petro Matad" or "the Company"), the AIM quoted Mongolian oil explorer, provides the following update on the Heron-1 and Red Deer-1 wells in Block XX, eastern Mongolia.
Further to its announcement on 14 August 2019, the Company reports that all processes for obtaining the land permits for the Heron and Gazelle well sites have been completed and issuance of the permits is waiting on final signature by the local governor. In the meantime, operations are continuing as normal at the Heron well site and based on current performance the drilling and logging of Heron-1 are forecast to be completed around 9th September.”
https://www.facebook.com/100017594620588/videos/481973249065825/If you can understand Mongolian here you go.
I hold just shy of 3m of these. Don’t post much anymore as constant rampers v alleged de rampers posts.
Many years ago our dear friend Manro chastised me for suggesting the Mongolians we’re trying to delay this for as long as possible until there refinery
Was ready and I sincerely hope this isn’t the case, but progress this year is disappointing, you’d of thought with two years on nothing it would be all lined up ready to go.
I was a fan of Mike Buck before the dodgy placing and the inactivity this year …..but the only honourable thing he has done in last few years is take a pay cut during period of inactivity.
All in all I do think this will come good, my average is around 3.5p, currently have £120k worth…..but fully ready that this could take anything from 2 months to 2 years to get back to 30p area.
Hopefully it will all come together.
I think PM just needs to offer a good deal to the locals and they will favour the heron field.
It's a situation for the government to sort out.
They are inviting foreign companies to do business but then are facing them with awkward situations.
https://www.facebook.com/100011445393483/videos/996234370768067/
https://fb.watch/cINnMB8w8j/
Local representatives did vote in favour of MATD back in 2019.
So there is hope..
I'm not sure what level of authority they have in yesterday's meeting.
Whether they can be overlooked.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1781987858859377&id=100011445393483
Ive emailed too