Mongolia to cooperate with France in geological sector

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Mineral Resource Authority of Mongolia signed a memorandum of cooperation with French Geological Survey /BRGM/ on May 28. The document has been inked by D.Uuriintuya, a vice director of the Mineral Resource Authority of Mongolia, and by Jean-Francois Rocchi, the president of the BRGM. Present at the ceremony were O.Erdenebulgan, the Vice Minister of Mining, several other officials, also Yves Delaunay, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to Mongolia, and delegation of French geological survey. Mr Erdenebulgan said that French geological experience is highly important "for us in establishing a geological office, in running mineral resources evaluation and creating their database, and in space researches". The sides have agreed that the Mongolian cadres will be trained in France and that the French technology will be introduced here for geological researches, analysis and automation. Mongolia has been cooperating with biggest companies of France in oil shale, uranium and capital market last 15 years. For example, the "Areva Mongolia" company has explored the world’s largest uranium deposit in Ulaanbadrakh soum of Dornogobi province.