Join us for a talk with Mr. Jon Lyons, VP Regulatory Affairs and Strategy for Erdene Resource Development Corp., on “Envisioning the Mine of the Future: Erdene Resource Development Corp. and the creation of Shared Value in Mongolia.”
Thursday, November 30, 2017
12:00 pm – 1:50 pm
Case Room, Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC
Light refreshments will be offered.
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Canada is one of the top foreign investors in Mongolia, and Mongolia is a priority country for Canada’s international development cooperation. In partnership with Erdene Resource Development Corp. and the Mitacs program, UBC recently launched a new project exploring how mining companies could maximize the benefits of resource extraction for host nations, local communities, and companies alike. This session will provide a stocktaking of Mongolia’s minerals industry through the experience of Erdene Resource Development Corp., whose principals have methodically applied modern exploration methods and corporate responsibility principles for the past two decades in Mongolia. Representatives of Erdene and UBC will provide short presentations, followed by an interactive discussion on the challenges and opportunities for the minerals business to create shared value that delivers benefits for both business and society.
Company:
Erdene Resource Development Corp. is a Canada-based resource company focused on the acquisition, exploration, and development of base and precious metals in underexplored and highly prospective Mongolia. The Company has four exploration licenses and a mining license in southwest Mongolia. Currently, the Company is focused on the advancement of its high-grade, near surface Bayan Khundii gold project in southwestern Mongolia and its nearby gold-polymetallic Altan Nar project. Additionally, the company has an Alliance with Teck Resources Limited on regional copper-gold exploration in southwest Mongolia. Erdene Resource Development Corp. is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (Ticker symbol “ERD”). For further information on the Company, please visit www.erdene.com.
Speaker:
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Mr. Lyons, as VP Regulatory Affairs and Strategy for Erdene Resource Development Corp., manages the various government approval processes required to advance the company’s mineral exploration and mining projects through permitting and compliance. He also leads the Health, Safety, Environment, and Community areas of the business, cultivating value for stakeholders and managing risk. Most recently, Jon was with the inter-governmental Global Green Growth Institute as Country Representative to Mongolia, where he led advisory services on policy formulation and investment planning in renewable energy, energy efficiency, water management, and urban planning. He has lived and worked intermittently in Mongolia and the Asia Pacific, including a previous posting with Erdene, since 2001. Jon earned his MBA from Maastricht University and the EuroMBA consortium and B.A. (summa cum laude) in physics and anthropology from Wheaton College, MA and is fluent in Mongolian and Russian.
An introduction will be provided by Dr. Nadja Kunz, Assistant Professor at the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and Norman B Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering, and internship supervisor for new Mitacs Accelerate Project entitled “Creating shared value with communities in the early Mine life-cycle: The case of Erdene Resource Development Corporation in Mongolia.”
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