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                            [MRDI CANADA LETTERHEAD]


July 13, 1999                                                       0310/L999-2m
                                                                   VIA FACSIMILE
                                                                  (604) 688-8030

                 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT GEOLOGICAL CONSULTANTS

We hereby consent to the references to our firm in the Form 20-F being filed by
Minco Mining & Metals Corporation as well as references to and extracts from
the following reports prepared by our firm:

1.   Chapuzi Gold Occurrence Report for Minco Mining and Metals Corporation
     dated December, 1996.

2.   Technical Site Visit to Smelters and Mine Facilities of Baiyin Non-Ferrous
     Metals Corporation, Ganzu Province, People's Republic of China, dated
     December, 1995.

3.   Proposed Development Strategy for the Changba Lijiagou Underground Mine
     dated December 9, 1996.



MRDI


/s/ M.B. (MURRAY) LYTLE
M.B. (Murray) Lytle
Supervising Mining Engineer


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