Peter Meredith, Deputy Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN)(NYSE:
IVN)(NASDAQ: IVN), announced today that Mongolian diplomat Galsan
Batsukh has been nominated to become Chairman of the Board of
Directors of Oyu Tolgoi LLC, which is building, and will operate,
the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in southern Mongolia.
"Mr. Batsukh has been closely associated with the Oyu Tolgoi
story virtually since it began with Ivanhoe's exploration drilling
in 2001, when he was appointed Mongolia's first ambassador to
Canada. Now we are proud to nominate him for this key role with the
team that is building the mining complex, which is the largest
industrial development in Mongolia's history," Mr. Meredith
said.
"Mr. Batsukh's experience in international affairs and consensus
building, and his understanding of the expectations that the
Mongolian people have in supporting the development of their
resources, will be an invaluable asset to the company and the
process."
Oyu Tolgoi, which will become one of the world's largest
porphyry copper-gold mines, is scheduled to be in commercial
production in 2013 following the completion of a comprehensive,
long-term Investment Agreement last October between Ivanhoe Mines,
its strategic partner Rio Tinto and the Government of Mongolia.
Ivanhoe Mines owns 66% of Oyu Tolgoi LLC and the Mongolian
government has acquired a 34% ownership stake. Oyu Tolgoi LLC owns
the mining licences for the Oyu Tolgoi deposits that have been
discovered by Ivanhoe Mines during the past nine years.
Under provisions of the Oyu Tolgoi Shareholders' Agreement,
Ivanhoe Mines appoints six of the nine members of the Oyu Tolgoi
LLC Board of Directors and also nominates the Chairman. The
Mongolian Government appoints three Directors. Mr. Batsukh's
nomination as Chairman will be confirmed at the first meeting of
Oyu Tolgoi LLC's new Board being planned for June.
The Ivanhoe Mines appointees for Oyu Tolgoi LLC directorships
are:
-- Galsan Batsukh. Ambassador Batsukh presently is Ambassador at Large for
Mongolia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He was formerly
Mongolia's ambassador to Canada between 2001 and 2005, with additional
accreditations to Peru, Brazil and Paraguay, and ambassador to China
between 2005 and 2009, with additional accreditations to Australia, New
Zealand and Pakistan. A career diplomat since 1992, Mr. Batsukh holds a
doctoral degree in international relations and previously was an
executive with Mongolia's National Tourism Administration for eight
years, including two years served as Chairman.
-- Peter Meredith. Mr. Meredith has been Deputy Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines
since 2006. He oversees Ivanhoe Mines' business development and
corporate relations, was formerly Chief Financial Officer and has been
with the company since it began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange in
1996. He was Ivanhoe Mines' chief negotiator for the Oyu Tolgoi
Investment Agreement that took full legal effect in March. Mr. Meredith
also is Chairman of Ivanhoe subsidiary SouthGobi Resources, a Mongolian
coal producer, and was formerly a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte &
Touche in Canada.
-- John Macken. Mr. Macken is Chief Executive Officer, President and a
Director of Ivanhoe Mines. He joined Ivanhoe in 2003 after a 19-year
career with mining giant Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold. He was
formerly Freeport's Senior Vice-President of Strategic Planning and
Development, based in New Orleans, and previously spent a total of 13
years with Freeport's operating unit, P.T. Freeport Indonesia,
culminating in the position of Executive Vice-President and General
Manager at Freeport-McMoRan's Grasberg mining complex in Indonesia, the
world's single largest copper and gold mine.
-- Sam Riggall. Mr. Riggall joined the Ivanhoe Mines subsidiary, Ivanhoe
Australia, earlier this year as Executive General Manager - Commercial.
He previously was General Manager of Business Evaluation for Rio Tinto,
and was Rio Tinto's chief negotiator for the Oyu Tolgoi Investment
Agreement. He has extensive mining industry experience in many parts of
the world and previously worked in a variety of commodity and functional
roles within Rio Tinto, including industrial minerals, base metals,
exploration, investment evaluation, business development and capital
market transactions.
-- William (Bill) Weld. Mr. Weld is international business adviser to the
Ivanhoe group of companies and a former Governor of Massachusetts. He
has been affiliated with the New York-based law firm of McDermott Will &
Emery since 1997. During Mr. Weld's two terms as Massachusetts Governor,
which began in 1990, he was credited with improving the state's business
climate and leading international trade missions. Prior to his
governorship, Mr. Weld headed the U.S. Justice Department's Criminal
Division as Assistant Attorney General and also was the U.S. Attorney
for Massachusetts.
-- Andrew Harding. Mr. Harding is Rio Tinto's Chief Executive, Copper, and
has been a member of the Ivanhoe Mines Board of Directors since November
2009. He provides management oversight to Rio Tinto's Copper Group,
comprised of mines and projects in the U.S., Chile, Australia,
Indonesia, South Africa, Peru and Mongolia. He previously was President
and Chief Executive Officer of Rio Tinto's Kennecott Utah Copper and
Global Practice Leader, Mining, within Rio Tinto's Technology &
Innovation group. He held operating roles with several mining companies
in Australia before joining Rio Tinto in 1992.
The Mongolian Government's representatives on the Oyu Tolgoi LLC
Board of Directors were announced by the State Property Committee,
which reports to Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold:
-- Natsag Bagabandi. Mr. Bagabandi's distinguished political career
culminated in his election as Mongolia's second President, in 1997.
Prior to his two successive terms as President, he was a member of the
national parliament, the State Great Khural, he was elected as the
country's first parliamentary Speaker in 1992 and also served as
Chairman of the governing Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. He was
welcomed on a state visit to Canada in 2004 after the two countries
established diplomatic relations. An extensively published author, he
has been recognized with leadership awards by the United Nations, Russia
and Hungary.
-- Puntsag Tsagaan. Mr. Tsagaan is an adviser to Mongolia's President
Tsakhia Elbegdorj on minerals, energy and infrastructure policies. He
has had a distinguished career in Mongolia's public and private sectors
during the past 25 years. The lawyer and economist was Minister of
Finance in 1996-98 and Minister of Education, Culture and Science in
2004-06, Deputy Labour Minister in 1992 and formerly an adviser to the
national parliament's Democratic Party caucus. In business, he served as
General Director of Mongolia's Golomt Bank and Chief Executive Officer
of Deltasan, a finance company.
-- Chuluun Ganbold. Mr. Ganbold is Chairman of the board of Mongolia's
XacBank and Tenger Financial Group. He joined the XacBank board in 2003
and was elected Chairman in 2004, playing a leading role in guiding the
bank's development as a business-support institution specializing in
microfinance and community development. He also is Chief Executive
Officer of the EDN public relations consulting agency. He was formerly
an adviser to a former Prime Minister and the Constitutional Court,
President of the Mongolian Advertising Association and President of the
Rotary International service club in Mongolia.
About Ivanhoe Mines
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN)(NYSE: IVN)(NASDAQ: IVN) is an
international mining company with operations focused in the Asia
Pacific region. Core assets include the company's 66% interest in
the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine development project in southern
Mongolia; its 57% interest in Mongolian coal miner SouthGobi
Resources (TSX: SGQ)(SEHK: 1878); an 81% interest in Ivanhoe
Australia (ASX: IVA), a copper-gold-uranium-molybdenum-rhenium
exploration and development company; and a 50% interest in
Altynalmas Gold Ltd., a private company developing the Kyzyl Gold
Project in Kazakhstan.
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and events which will or may occur in the future, constitute
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statements with respect to Oyu Tolgoi becoming one of the world's
largest porphyry copper-gold mines and the start of commercial
production in 2013, and other statements that are not historical
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in light of their experience and perception of historical trends,
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