Former Canadian ambassador to China and Mongolia joins Ivanhoe Mines' Board of Directors

Former Canadian ambassador to China and Mongolia joins Ivanhoe
Mines' Board of Directors 


SINGAPORE, March 14  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Robert M. Friedland, Chairman of
Ivanhoe Mines, announced today that Howard Balloch, a former Canadian
ambassador to China, Mongolia and North Korea, has joined the company's Board
of Directors, effective immediately.

Prior to being appointed a Canadian ambassador in 1996, Mr. Balloch spent 20
years with the Canadian Government, serving most recently as Deputy Secretary
to the Cabinet in the Privy Council Office, and Assistant Deputy Minister for
Asia Pacific, the Prime Minister's representative to APEC and Head of the
Policy Planning Staff in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International
Trade.

A specialist on Pacific Rim nations, he helped to develop bilateral exchanges
between Canada and China and led the promotion and protection of Canadian
interests in China.

After retiring from the government's foreign service in July 2001, Mr. Balloch
continued to support Sino-Canadian business cooperation through his
Beijing-based private investment and consulting business, The Balloch Group,
and as president of the Canada-China Business Council. Mr. Balloch also is a
director of Ivanhoe Energy Inc.

Mr. Balloch, 53, earned his BA and MA from McGill University, Montreal, and
subsequently pursued further graduate studies at the University of Toronto and
Fondation nationale des Sciences Politiques in Paris.

Ivanhoe has a 100% interest in the Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold project and owns
or controls exploration rights covering approximately 118,000 square kilometres
in Mongolia, where additional copper, gold and coal discoveries are being
delineated. Ivanhoe produces LME Grade A copper from its Monywa joint venture
in Myanmar.

Ivanhoe's shares are listed on the New York, Toronto and Australian stock
exchanges under the symbol IVN.

Information contacts: Investors: Bill Trenaman / Media: Bob Williamson,
+1.604.688.5755 

DATASOURCE: Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.



CONTACT: Information contacts: Investors: Bill Trenaman, Media: Bob

Williamson, [phone];

To request a free copy of this organization's annual report, please go to

http://www.newswire.ca/ and click on reports@cnw.

Copyright