Reposting this9 Oct 2020 20:50
The social responsibility agreement is starting to pay off
2020/07/06
Articles 11, 2, and 17 of the Petroleum Law stipulate that a mining license holder must enter into an agreement with the soum or district governor where the license area is located, which provides for the protection of the environment and voluntary support for local development. However, Petro China Daqing Tamsag has not yet signed a contract with Matad and Khalkhgol ??soums of Dornod aimag, where Petroleum 19 and 21 are located, and has not made a significant contribution to the development of these soums. Therefore, since 2018, we have been working with the current authorities of Matad soum, the people and civil society organizations to implement Articles 11, 2 and 17 of the Petroleum Law. Earlier this year, the issue was raised to a high level and the parties agreed to implement the provisions of the law on the basis of civil protests. The agreement stipulates that the 2018 and 2019 agreements will be reimbursed for 500 million MNT in investment work, and $ 450,000 will be provided annually from 2020, of which 400,000 will be provided in the form of investment and 50,000 in cash. Today, after many years of hard work, the agreement has been reached and the first tranche of $ 50,000 is in the Matad soum development fund.