Ann: Progress on Regulatory Approvals, page-57

does anyone know if they are still considering blending with the govt owned Tavan Tolgoi coal?

As an example of Ovoot Coking Coal’s blending capabilities Aspire has conducted a number of blending tests with various coals (including non-coking coals from the Tavan Tolgoi Mine) that demonstrated the capacity to blend with Ovoot Coking Coal and upgrade the coking ability of other coals. The test work has shown that blending relatively low proportions of Ovoot Coking Coal (as low as 25% in the blend) resulted in a blended primary coking coal product under the Chinese system. In June 2016 Aspire entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi JSC, a Mongolian Government controlled entity that owns the Tavan Tolgoi Coal Mine, detailing cooperation on further technical and commercial assessments regarding the blending of Aspire’s Ovoot Coking Coal with various coals from the Tavan Tolgoi deposit.