Kharmagtai Copper-Gold Project Area Environmental Baseline Survey for IMMI/ Ivanhoe Mines Inc.,Canada, 2003
Environmental baseline surveys of the Kharmagtai exploration lease area have been completed by Eco Trade Co Ltd of Mongolia in cooperation with Sustainability of Australia. The surveys were completed on behalf of Ivanhoe Mines Mongolia Inc. (IMMI) to identify the environmental values of the lease area and quantify the existing environmental and socio economic conditions.
This baseline study covers geography, geological, hydrology, hydrogeology, soil, climate, air quality, flora and fauna, the socio economic status and infrastructure of the Project Area. The data required for this study was based on field surveys undertaken in November and December 2002 and desk top studies of existing environmental and socio-economic resources. The field surveys were focused on the Project Area licence boundary for Kharmagtai and Ovoot exploration leases, being an 8 km x 24 km area. However, some environmental surveys required investigations beyond these immediate boundaries to ascertain sufficient baseline information.
Since 1974, the Kharmagtai area has been subjected to intensive geological exploration activity with Mongolian - Russian joint operations, then from 1991 to 1994 by the JICA in this region. During 1995 and 1996 exploration activity by the Quincunx focused on the Kharmagtai, Ovoot Hyar and Ukhaa Hudag prospects and included 19 km of trenching. Eighteen diamond holes were drilled at Kharmagtai in 1997. Ivanhoe Mines Mongolia Inc. has drilled approximately 300 diamond and RC exploration drill holes since 1998.
This baseline study covers geography, geological, hydrology, hydrogeology, soil, climate, air quality, flora and fauna, the socio economic status and infrastructure of the Project Area. The data required for this study was based on field surveys undertaken in November and December 2002 and desk top studies of existing environmental and socio-economic resources. The field surveys were focused on the Project Area licence boundary for Kharmagtai and Ovoot exploration leases, being an 8 km x 24 km area. However, some environmental surveys required investigations beyond these immediate boundaries to ascertain sufficient baseline information.
Since 1974, the Kharmagtai area has been subjected to intensive geological exploration activity with Mongolian - Russian joint operations, then from 1991 to 1994 by the JICA in this region. During 1995 and 1996 exploration activity by the Quincunx focused on the Kharmagtai, Ovoot Hyar and Ukhaa Hudag prospects and included 19 km of trenching. Eighteen diamond holes were drilled at Kharmagtai in 1997. Ivanhoe Mines Mongolia Inc. has drilled approximately 300 diamond and RC exploration drill holes since 1998.
