Parliament also authorized beginning negotiations for the huge Tavan Tolgoi coal project. The majority of rights to that project have already been acquired by the state-owned Erdenes MGL Corporation. The resolution also proposed that the government may seek assistance from internationally recognized consulting firms and experts in concluding both  agreements. Already mining industry experts say that certain aspects of the resolution contradict each other.  For instance, the resolution states that Parliament must "develop the Agreement in conformity with laws of Mongolia currently in effect", roughly translated to mean the Government has the rights to own up to 34 percent of the Oyu Tolgoi project under the current existing law. But the document later instructs the Government to study the possibility of increasing its stake to 50 percent after the initial investment is recouped.

But international investors are concerned with the Government's participation in Oyu Tolgoi and Tavan Tolgoi as well. Ivanhoe Mines has continued to resist the Government's efforts to own a minimum of 50 percent of the project, which has an estimated worth of up to US$3 billion and is expected to produce an average of 440,000 tonnes of copper and 320,000 ounces of gold a year over a 35 year lifespan.

Parliament also authorized beginning negotiations for the huge Tavan Tolgoi coal project. The majority of rights to that project have already been acquired by the state-owned Erdenes MGL Corporation. The resolution also proposed that the government may seek assistance from internationally recognized consulting firms and experts in concluding both  agreements. Already mining industry experts say that certain aspects of the resolution contradict each other.  For instance, the resolution states that Parliament must "develop the Agreement in conformity with laws of Mongolia currently in effect", roughly translated to mean the Government has the rights to own up to 34 percent of the Oyu Tolgoi project under the current existing law. But the document later instructs the Government to study the possibility of increasing its stake to 50 percent after the initial investment is recouped.

But international investors are concerned with the Government's participation in Oyu Tolgoi and Tavan Tolgoi as well. Ivanhoe Mines has continued to resist the Government's efforts to own a minimum of 50 percent of the project, which has an estimated worth of up to US$3 billion and is expected to produce an average of 440,000 tonnes of copper and 320,000 ounces of gold a year over a 35 year lifespan.