20 students receive Rio Tinto scholarship

Rio Tinto, working in cooperation with Zorig Foundation, has awarded scholarships to 20 students of domestic universities in the present academic year, majoring in geology, mining, economics, and law. At a recent ceremony to formally announce the recipients MP S. Oyun, representing the Foundation, expressed her thanks to the company for its gesture, while the Executive Director of Rio Tinto, Tom Albanese, emphasized that “even with its abundant natural resources Mongolia’s biggest asset was its young, energetic, and educated people”. The company, he said, was happy to have granted scholarships to 56 students since 2006. Apart from covering their entire tuition fees, the program pays USD200 to every student per month.