Mongolia has considerable reserves and resources of gold in both placer and primary deposits. Historical records and archaeological findings suggest that the gold mining on the territory of Mongolia begun in the ancient times. At present, in the territory of Mongolia 7 gold metallogenic belts: Mongolian Altai, Lake, North Mongolian, Central Mongolian, Khangai-Khentei, East Mongolian and South Mongolian belt consisting of 25 gold bearing zones and 70 ore belts. Gold mineralization is identified to be formed on various kinds of genesis during long history of geological and geodynamic evolution of Mongolia. According to genesis, gold mineralization can be divided into several types: volcanogenic massive sulfide; intrusion related quartz veins and stockworks; metamorphic quartz vein; epihermal; sedimentary and surficial.
