SouthGobi Resources Ltd. (01878.HK)

SouthGobi Resources Ltd. operates as an integrated coal mining, development, and exploration company. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia and currently employs 768 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2003-12-15. The company owns a 100% interest in the Ovoot Tolgoi open pit coal mine (the Ovoot Tolgoi Mine), and in the development projects, the Soumber Deposit and the Zag Suuj Deposit. These projects are located in the Umnugobi Aimag (South Gobi Province) of Mongolia, all of which are located within 150 kilometers (km) of each other and in proximity to the Chinese-Mongolian border. The Ovoot Tolgoi Mine, strategically located over 40km from the Shivee Khuren-Ceke crossing at the China-Mongolia border (Shivee Khuren Border Crossing), is its flagship asset. The Ovoot Tolgoi Mine has two distinct pits: the Sunrise and Sunset pits. The Soumber Deposit includes Central Soumber, East Soumber, Biluut, South Biluut and Jargalant Fields, and is located approximately 20km east of the Ovoot Tolgoi Mine. The Zag Suuj Deposit, located over 150km east of the Ovoot Tolgoi Mine and over 80km north of the Mongolia-China border.