Christian DeHaemer, Editor, Energy and Capital, writes:
"In the next year, there will be a Mongolian energy IPO that will make headlines around the world and increase the wealth of the average Mongolian by a factor of 53. This company is known as Erdenes-Tavan Tolgoi ... commonly referred to as TT [which] has a massive deposit of coking coal. In fact the 6.4 billion metric tons is the world's largest untapped deposit.
"As I write this, the Mongolian government is looking for an operator. It will likely be a large, multinational corporation. The last successful Mongolian IPO was Mongolian Mining Corp., which was offered up in the fall of 2010. MM's IPO was listed in Hong Kong and raised $651 million. At the time, it was Mongolia's largest privately-held producer and exporter of coking coal ...
"TT will be even bigger, and is expected to raise as much as $10 billion. Here is where it gets fun. The government has given each of its three million citizens 538 shares, or 10% of the company. At $10 billion, the shares would be worth $360 — or $193,680 per citizen. According to the CIA's World Factbook, Mongolia had a total GDP of $11.02 billion in 2010. Per capita income was $3,600.
"In other words, Mongolians will suddenly be rich."
"In the next year, there will be a Mongolian energy IPO that will make headlines around the world and increase the wealth of the average Mongolian by a factor of 53. This company is known as Erdenes-Tavan Tolgoi ... commonly referred to as TT [which] has a massive deposit of coking coal. In fact the 6.4 billion metric tons is the world's largest untapped deposit.
"As I write this, the Mongolian government is looking for an operator. It will likely be a large, multinational corporation. The last successful Mongolian IPO was Mongolian Mining Corp., which was offered up in the fall of 2010. MM's IPO was listed in Hong Kong and raised $651 million. At the time, it was Mongolia's largest privately-held producer and exporter of coking coal ...
"TT will be even bigger, and is expected to raise as much as $10 billion. Here is where it gets fun. The government has given each of its three million citizens 538 shares, or 10% of the company. At $10 billion, the shares would be worth $360 — or $193,680 per citizen. According to the CIA's World Factbook, Mongolia had a total GDP of $11.02 billion in 2010. Per capita income was $3,600.
"In other words, Mongolians will suddenly be rich."