I am most likely one of those newbies you refer to and I must...

I am most likely one of those newbies you refer to and I must say, that I'm here because those 10 years have passed and it now would appear to me we have the necessary tooling, personnel and influence to finally capitalize on all the work that that has been done.
In Layman's terms, I'm essentially backing Mr T's weight behind the approval process.
You can see the alignment with Rio Tinto's processes in Mongolia with respect to the auditing firms and financial reporting which also suggests that we are being advised as to what methods are required to better ensure success in the region.

Thanks for everyone's hard work over the last 10 years, but perhaps the newbies are rocking up the right time to have a good swing at this one.
It's definitely worth a crack at the sovereign risk, anyway.