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World's largest untapped gold and copper deposit moves closer to development
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By Daily Crux Editor Justin Brill:

The world's biggest untapped gold and copper deposit just got a little closer to getting "tapped" this week.

A reversal in Mongolian law is paving the way to development for Ivanhoe Mines' (IVN) Oyu Tolgoi project. The new amendments will eliminate the 68% windfall profit tax on copper and gold mined in the country, effective January 1, 2011.

Oyu Tolgoi contains an estimated 45.2 million ounces of gold and 78.9 billion pounds of copper, making it the world's largest undeveloped gold and copper deposit. Ivanhoe shares jumped 20% on the news.

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