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CALGARY’S COSMOPOLITAN SKYLINE is dwarfed by the nearby Canadian Rockies. The largest city in Alberta Province, Calgary is also the largest city between Vancouver and Toronto . Calgary is surrounded by pristine wilderness. Spring temperatures average around 42F (9C) but the nights are cooler. Oil and gas production leads the economy of Calgary , which is also Canada 's second-biggest head office city, second only to Toronto . Calgary was the site of the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Direct non-stop air service to Calgary International Airport for delegates to the NAMBC's 18th AGM, April 16-18, is available from 60 cities in North America and overseas, including Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, , Los Angeles, New York, Ottawa, Phoenix, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Toronto, and Vancouver..

The First Peoples who inhabited the area before the arrival of European fur traders and explorers were bands of the Blackfoot, Blood, Peigan, Sarcee (Tsuu T'ina), and Stoney tribes. Many of their descendents now live in several First Peoples reserves around the city. Fort Calgary was built in 1875 by the NorthWest Mounted Police -- later renamed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) -- to protect the western plains from American whiskey traders. It is now an historic site only a few blocks from the Calgary Marriott Hotel, primary venue of the AGM.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE MINISTER DAVID EMERSON (right) receives a traditional Mongolian hat and deel from the NAMBC, presented by Brock Gill, deputy director of the Oyu Tolgoi Project (left) at the NAMBC breakfast for Minister Emerson in Ulaanbaatar on January 10. Mr. Gill, a native of Saskatchewan, presided at the breakfast in behalf of the NAMBC.

Emerson's heavily-scheduled 24-hour stay in Mongolia was the first visit to the country by a Canadian cabinet member in 10 years. Minister Emerson described his meetings with Prime Minister S. Bayar and President N. Enkhbayar on mining and other issues and told the NAMBC that the Government of Mongolia had agreed to launch active negotiations on a Canada-Mongolia Foreign Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement (FIPA). The FIPA is similar in purpose to the US-Mongolia Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), which has been in effect since 2000. Minister Emerson also announced the appointment of Alaine V. Fontaine as the new Honorary Consul of Canada in Ulaanbaatar. Mr. Fontaine, a Canadian citizen, is CEO of the Newcom Company, one of Mongolia's leading conglomerates.

[Posted 02/13/2008]

Registration now open for 18^th AGM,

Calgary, Alberta, April 16-18, 2008

Speakers include MRPAM Chairman Lu. Bold

and Mongolian Ambassador Dr. D. Gotov

Click here for Registration Form

Our 18^th annual general meeting (AGM) will be held April 16-17-18, 2008 in Calgary , a cosmopolitan city of over one million people known as the “Heart of the New West.” Calgary is the largest city in Alberta Province and, after Toronto , is also Canada 's second-biggest head office city. For more information about Calgary and the region, check out http://www.tourismcalgary.com Our AGM is open to both Members and Non-Members. Many new-to-Mongolia companies tell us that our AGM is an ideal introduction to Mongolia ’s investment opportunities.

The deadline for registration is April 3, after which a US$50 late registration fee will be charged. Registrations with fee remittance received by March 3 qualify for a 10% discount, regardless of category. If you need instructions on bank wire transfer, please contact me at steve@nambc.org You may download the registration form above. Please note that you cannot return the form to us via the website; after you fill it out, return the form by email to hqinfo@nambc.org or by fax to 1+703-549-6526.

Confirmed speakers include The Honorable Lu. Bold, Chairman of the Mineral Resources and Petroleum Authority of Mongolia (MRPAM) and Dr. D. Gotov, Mongolian Ambassador to Canada and former chief of staff in the office of the President of Mongolia. The AGM will include panels on the Mongolian economy and elections, mining and oil development, Mongolia-related NGO of interest to the private sector, and financial services.

The AGM will start at 6:00 PM on April 16 with an opening reception, continue all day and evening on April 17, and conclude by 12:00 Noon on April 18. An optional field trip will be offered for the afternoon of April 18.

Discounted group rate reservations at the Calgary Marriott Hotel, primary venue of the AGM, are now available. Reservations can be made on-line at www.marriott.com or http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/yycdt-calgary-marriott-hotel/.

The deadline for guaranteed rooms at the discounted group rate is March 25.. If you use the general marriott.com site, select "Marriott Calgary." Go to the "Reservations" box. Where the form asks for "Corporate/promotional code", write in NMBNMBA. If you have any problems or questions, contact is Ms. Tanya Venus at the Calgary Marriott, tanyavenus@marriott.com.

The NAMBC group rate offers a standard room at C$199 per night for single or double occupancy. This rate does not include applicable federal, provincial, local taxes and fees (currently 10%). If interested in an upgraded room or suite, please contact Tanya Venus at the hotel. The current cash exchange rate is US$1 = C$0.96.

The Calgary Marriott is located in downtown Calgary , 110 9th Avenue, SE , Calgary , Alberta T2G 5A6 Canada , Phone: 1+ 403-266-7331, Fax: 1+403-269-1961.

The NAMBC Board of Directors selected Calgary for the 2008 AGM at the invitation of Member Company Panasia Petroleum Ltd., which signed a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) with the Mineral Resources and Petroleum Authority of Mongolia (MRPAM) at our Chicago AGM in April 2007. Panasia is headquartered in Calgary .

Posted (02/13/2008)

MONGOLIAN PRESIDENT N. ENKHBAYAR (right) presents NAMBC President Steve Saunders (left) with the Order of the Polar Star, Mongolia's highest decoration, at a meeting of the American Mongolian Association in Chicago on October 25, 2007. The President cited Saunders for his contributions to Mongolia-US friendship and improving bilateral relations. Saunders has served as president of the NAMBC since March 1998. During his 11-day visit to the US, President Enkhbayar visited Washington, DC, New York, Chicago, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Los Angeles.

Available here from NAMBC:

NEW! "The Role of Mike Mansfield in Establishing US-Mongolia Diplomatic Relations"

Speech by Dr. Alicia Campi
President of the Mongolia Society
Delivered at the Mansfield Room, US Capitol,
May 17, 2007

Click here to download Campi speech

"Improving Mongolia's use of GSP to allow zero-tariff US entry for Mongolian exports"

A powerpoint presentation by
Ms. Marideth J.Sandler
Executive Director, GSP Program
U.S Trade Representative (USTR) Executive Office of the President

Click here to download GSP backgrounder

Click here to download USTR powerpoint

"Competitive Tax Analysis comparing Mongolia to 9 other countries on taxation of copper mining"

A Study by Dr. James Otto, Director,
Natural Resources
and Environmental Law Graduate Studies
University of Denver College of Law

Click here to download Otto text

[Posted 12/14/2007]

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