The country is still plagued by environmentally damaging artisanal mining, corruption in the awarding of exploration and mining licences and a lack of local community participation in mining projects, but the new bill – which "avoids the dangers of politicization" – has a better chance of addressing these problems argues Mendee.
That is because Mongolia is relying heavily on its own expertise, the knowledge built up studying other resource-based economies like Australia and Canada and its experiences dealing with foreign investors.
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