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Surveying at Oyu Tolgoi Copper/Gold Mine - Chris Hutchison - AIMS

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SITE CONDITIONS (cont)<br />

Transport to the mine from<br />

Ulaanba<strong>at</strong>ar was by a 90 se<strong>at</strong><br />

aircraft chartered by the<br />

mine which oper<strong>at</strong>es into and<br />

out of the mine four days per<br />

week.<br />

Heavy equipment is brought<br />

to the site by overland<br />

transport through the desert.<br />

There are no formed roads or<br />

railways between the mine<br />

and Ulaanba<strong>at</strong>ar.<br />

The mine site is only 90 km from the Chinese border and there are<br />

likely to be connections made to Chinese infrastructure.

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