Officials of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. announced on Wednesday that they had hired a former Prime Minister of Canada as a senior international adviser.
Robert Friedland, Executive Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines, said former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien has been hired by the international mining conglomerate.
In Mongolia, Ivanhoe Mines operates the mammoth Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine development project in southern Mongolia and maintains large shareholdings in Mongolian coal miner SouthGobi Energy Resources (SGQ:TSX-V).
Mr. Chretien has been active in Canadian and global development circles as a lawyer with
the Canada-based international law firm Heenan Blaikie since retiring as Prime Minister
and leader of the Liberal Party in 2003. He entered national politics in 1963 and
served three terms as Prime Minister between 1993 and 2003.
During his long parliamentary career, Mr. Chretien held a succession of senior cabinet posts
in the Canadian Government, including Minister of Finance, Minister of Justice and Attorney
General, Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources and Minister of Industry, Trade and
Commerce.
“Jean Chretien was instrumental in advancing relationships between many Canadian
businesses and rapidly industrializing China and its neighbour nations through his hands-on,
prime ministerial leadership of a series of successful Team Canada trade development
missions,” said Mr. Friedland.
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