Mongolia Takes Notes From Montana In Developing Wildlife-Friendly Infrastructure : News : Nature World News: "When researchers first discovered the massive deposit of ore beneath the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, the place was an open steppe - much as it had been for thousands of years. Sixteen years later, it is home to a massive open-cast pit where trucks and heavy machinery are constantly at work in an effort to create a fully operational mine by 2020.
Once in place, those overseeing the project estimate it will produce 450,000 tons of copper and 330,000 ounces of gold a year and could ultimately amount to $1.3 trillion in mineral reserves, 34 percent of which would go straight into the pockets of the country's government (the remaining 66 percent is claimed by the mining company Rio Tinto)."
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