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Is this not the real life, it certainly isn't fantasy badprophet, time will tell. GLA

Maybe this had some bearing on the case? The court revoked the revocation of the "license" in Matad soum center
2021/01/26

The trial of Matun soum center's Zuunbulag "LICENSE" was postponed for the seventh time and the case was eventually dismissed.

It will be recalled that the presidium of the Matad soum CRH issued a resolution to vacate the land in the soum center. Subsequently, the soum center land was owned by the Talin Jiguur company under a coal exploration license and changed to a mining license in January 2019. In December 2019, Matad soum authorities appealed to the Capital City Court of First Instance to revoke the license of Talin Jiguur, claiming that the Mineral Resources Authority of Mongolia had issued a mineral exploration and mining license to the company based on an illegal decision. Over the past year, Talin Jiguur LLC has postponed the trial seven times.

However, after the local elections, the trial was announced twice, and the court dismissed the case because the current Matad soum authorities did not attend the trial.

As a result of this illegal decision, Matad soum is still unable to approve its soum development plan, affecting the interests of 932 people who own land, more than 500 landowners, and more than 50 government agencies.

curiouserandcuriouser, the illegal resolution of 6/2020 has been 100% voted and revoked, not any land permit so yes I stand by my opinion as I also posted previously some of the T's and C's the local people were asking for but have still not received any of them, the DQE offer IMO is still on the table "when they have some time to do the workover" as the permit still stands but now we await for those official documents to be passed on to the state administration body. I believe the only permit we are waiting for in the Heron well area is a tank to store the oil in when the oil is brought up so as we are still in early Q2 not too much to worry about but an update would be nice to clarify things. Just a little longer to wait. AIMHO.. GLA

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

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

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.

FA, my post was a quick reference from the activists FB profile page, sorry if it was misleading in any way, but it has been put in today's thread. Maybe I should have taken more time to copy it all word for word but either way this all still needs clarifacation from the company as it is causing a lot of confusion to say the least.

I think PM and Mike Buck should put out an RNS to clarify what this whole situation means, I still haven't had a reply from them, not sure what the resolution is but the protesters seem extremely happy, it appears to be from 2020.

Resolution of 2020, the 20th oil field of Petromatad has been revoked at today's meeting in the Matad Soum

Implementation of mineral resources legislation, problems and solutions ”is being held in Bulgan aimag today.


Representatives of the government, private sector and local organizations will discuss the issues of the sector starting from March 21, 2022, and the implementation of the LEGISLATION IN THE MINERALS SECTOR SECTOR, CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS will continue today. .

CONCLUDE A SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AGREEMENT WITH THE LICENSE OWNER DURING THE DISCUSSION

Discussions are taking place on the topic of environmental rehabilitation barriers, local cooperation agreements, and issues facing stakeholders.

¦ Questions and comments from participants:

-How is the development of soums engaged in mining in their territory reflected in the government's revival policy?

-If the right of the owner is revoked, will he / she be released from the obligation to rehabilitate?

-Who will rehabilitate the abandoned and unidentified land?

- Do you have to get a permit for common minerals to build a school or a kindergarten in the soum?

- The government is creating expectations for artisanal mining. Resolve this issue immediately

- Carry out good advocacy work on the importance of the mining sector and its impact on the society and economy

- Soum CRH does not include land use plan in the current year when the business entity pays the land use fee

- updating rehabilitation methods

- Rehabilitation deposit, which is collected annually from the Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism, was rehabilitated and handed over to the relevant authorities, but is not refunded.

- Review the budget to be allocated to mining soums

-Is there any responsibility for "Burdel Mining" LLC that does not sign a social responsibility agreement?

- We are exchanging views on how to address the issue of artisanal miners by bringing artisanal and small-scale mining communities to the abandoned area and then rehabilitating them

No nothing yet unfortunately just going to have to wait maybe something in the way of RNS Friday morning with Mongolia 7 hrs ahead of the UK. GLA

Seems to be happening a lot lately, bit of a read but may explain a bit. https://globalvoices.org/2022/04/26/inflation-youth-and-protests-in-mongolia/

Found this resolution in one of them post on FB, this is copied from the form, based on article 17 1 10 of the law territorial administration units the management and article 8 4 8 of the law on environmental impact assessment the citizens public hural of ERDENEBADRAKH bag shall determine 1, support the detailed environmental impact assessment report of PETRO MATAD LLC, MATAD XX oil field located in Matad Soum of Dornod Aimag performed by "KHATANDAL AL LLC" 2 To oblige Petro Matad LLC to implement the adverse impact mitigation and prevention recommendations environmental management plan and environmental monitoring program set forth in the environmental impact assessment report. 3 To instruct Petro Matad LLC to create a favourable living environment for herders and implement environmental protection activities in accordance with the relevant legislation taking into account the suggestions of the Bagh residents. Perhaps this is why the protesting. GLA

I've Emailed Petro Matad to see if they can shed some light on the subject of this meeting in the Matad Soum on the 29th, I will report back if I get any information. GLA

If more than 10 percent of the mining company's employees are foreign workers, the soum is entitled to payment
According to Article 43 of the Minerals Law, mining companies are obliged to provide jobs for Mongolian citizens. No more than 10 percent of all employees may be foreign nationals.

If more than the above number of foreigners are employed, the soum budget must pay a fee equal to 10 times the minimum wage for each job.

In this case, the soum Citizens' Representative Khural will approve the rules and decide on the allocation and spending of funds in the soum budget. Shanlun LLC , located in Choibalsan soum of Dornod aimag with 100% Chinese investment , has not been operating for the last 6 years, but 3 Chinese citizens work there.

Some delegates believe that it is possible for these citizens to contribute to the soum budget equal to 10 times the minimum wage. The soum CRH has decided to study the issue.

If this provision is implemented, it will be possible to collect more than 150 million MNT a year in the budget of Choibalsan soum. GLA

I wonder if that means PM will be successful with their bids that have been put forward for more acreage, don't see why not. GLA

I think an operational update must be due now, there seems to be a fair bit of activity going on in the background so until an RNS is put out it's all still conjecture and speculation, but I do hope something materializes sooner rather than later, I think it would settle a lot of people's nerve's for sure. GLA

Implementation of mineral sector legislation, problems and solutions ”is being held today in Tsetserleg, Arkhangai aimag. 22/4/22


The meeting was opened by B.Tuvshinjargal, Deputy Chairman of MRPAM

During today's discussion, MRPAM presented a report on "Current situation of the mineral resources sector, challenges and solutions".

B.TUVSHINJARGAL, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF MRPAM: COMMON LOCAL ISSUES WHEN LICENSE OWNER ACTIVITIES

• Exploration license holders are required to seek the input of local people when conducting exploration work.

• Requires a social responsibility agreement with a very high investment.

• Failure to monitor and approve environmental management plans not to enter into land and water use agreements due to opposition from local communities, party groups, and civil society organizations;
Aimag Governor D.Batjargal presented a report on "Current situation of the mining sector in Arkhangai aimag" at the discussion on the implementation of the legislation in the mineral resources sector, CHALLENGES and SOLUTIONS organized in Arkhangai aimag. At the end of the report, he made suggestions for further action. These include:

-Improve the quality and quantity of rehabilitation

- Improve electronic communication between local, licensed and government agencies

-Ensure operational transparency

-Establish advanced security technology and electronic control system for licensed companies

- Implement mining closure and post-mining planning

- Regularly inform citizens about the legal environment of the sector's activities at all levels of government

- Involve local governments in operational field monitoring of mineral exploration

Part 2 of the discussion

Discussions are taking place on the topic of environmental rehabilitation barriers, local cooperation agreements, and issues facing stakeholders. The discussion was moderated by U. Ulaanbaatar, Senior Specialist, Mineral Exploration Department. GANBAATAR is working.

As of Arkhangai aimag, 20 MINING, 11 EXPLORATION and 3 COMMON MINERAL licenses are registered

With all the buys outweighing the sells I wonder are they expecting news to be imminently announced. Reading them Facebook posts I get the impression that they don't sound particularly keen for it, hope I'm wrong. GLA

master82 I stand corrected thanks for your input all sounds intriguing let's hope something materializes in way of an RNS and get this show on the road to success. GLA