Ulaanbaatar
Prime Minister of Mongolia Receives Rio Tinto Copper Chief Executive
Politics
Ulaanbaatar, June 26, 2025 /MONTSAME/. Prime Minister of Mongolia Zandanshatar Gombojav has received Rio Tinto Copper Chief Executive Katie Jackson.
At the beginning of the meeting, Prime Minister Zandanshatar expressed his position on the implementation of the Parliamentary Resolution No. 103 “On Increasing Mongolia’s Benefits from the Oyu Tolgoi Deposit,” adopted by the State Great Khural in 2021. The Prime Minister emphasized the need to consider the issues related to the Oyu Tolgoi project in a holistic manner to ensure so that Mongolia benefits from the project. Specifically, Prime Minister Zandanshatar emphasized that the parties should work together to resolve issues including transparency of operations, procurement, taxation, and environment, especially water use, as a package, and expressed his proposal to establish a working group consisting of specialists on these issues.
Rio Tinto Copper Chief
Executive Katie Jackson expressed that she is open to be at the negotiating table
and working together on the issues that are awaiting resolution.
The meeting was attended by CEO of Erdenes Mongol LLC Narantsogt Sanjaa, CEO of Rio Tinto Mongolia LLC Amarjargal Khenchbish, and Director of Growth and Development of the company Monkhsukh Sukhbaatar, reported the Media and Public Relations Department of the Government.
