Khan Resources Inc., and its predecessor
companies, have been actively involved in the development of the
Dornod uranium property in Mongolia since 1995. Khan completed a
full Definitive Feasibility Study on the property in the spring
of 2009, which demonstrated highly positive economics for the
project. However, in January 2009, Mongolia and Russia had
announced their intention to form a new Mongolian-Russian joint
venture to replace Khan in mining the Dornod property. In July
2009, the Government of Mongolia promulgated its Nuclear Energy
law, which among other items, provided the State with 51% of the
Dornod property without compensation to prior owners.
Further, in 2010, the Government of Mongolia
refused to reissue to Khan the required licenses for the Dornod
property which effectively resulted in 100% expropriation of the
asset without any compensation. As a result of these actions,
Khan has launched 1) a US$300 million lawsuit against
Atomredmetzoloto (âARMZâ), the Russian joint venture partner for
the Dornod property in August, 2010, and 2) a US$200 million
international arbitration action against Mongolia for the
illegal expropriation of its asset in January, 2011. The lawsuit
and international arbitration action are currently in process.
Khan is well funded and will continue with these legal actions
to recover value for its shareholders from this illegal
expropriation.
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