AN Australian lawyer prevented from leaving Mongolia will meet local authorities on Saturday but Foreign Minister Bob Carr will not speculate on how long her ordeal might last.
Sarah Armstrong was stopped at Ulaanbaatar airport last Friday because authorities want to question her about allegations of money laundering and corruption.
The 32-year-old is a mining lawyer for Rio Tinto subsidiary SouthGobi Resources. She has not been arrested or charged and still has her passport.
Australian Consul-General David Lawson has been in close contact with Ms Armstrong.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is sending an extra diplomat from its Seoul embassy to help Mr Lawson with the case.
Senator Carr said on Thursday that Ms Armstrong was scheduled to meet Mongolian authorities on Saturday.
"She will be accompanied, if she wants it, by Australian consular staff," he told reporters in Sydney.
"She can be assured of a high level of Australian consular support."
Ms Armstrong's mother Yvonne has made an emotional plea for her daughter's safe return home.
She says her daughter has told her she could be involved in the investigation until Christmas.
"Get her out, just get her out," Mrs Armstrong said to the northwest Tasmanian newspaper The Advocate.
Senator Carr says he does not know how long the case may drag on.
"I don't think I can help by speculating about the nature of the case or how long it might go on," he said.
He said he stood ready to contact his Mongolian counterpart if DFAT advised him it would help. But he warned against a premature intervention.
"The danger is if you make that call before the other side is ready to move then you've fired your best shot instead of keeping it in reserve."
Sarah Armstrong grew up in the western Tasmanian mining town of Rosebery and went to school in Burnie before completing a law degree at the University of Tasmania.
She has been based in Hong Kong for five years and is fluent in four languages.
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