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Porgera Mine Set to Restart as PNG and Barrick Niugini Limited Agree New Partnership
Barrick Gold CorporationApril 9, 2021 GMT
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea, April 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The Porgera gold mine is on track to resume operations later this year after the Papua New Guinea (PNG) government and Barrick Niugini Limited (BNL) agreed on a partnership for its future ownership and operation. Porgera has been on care and maintenance since April 2020 when the government declined to renew its special mining lease.
Under the terms of a binding framework agreement signed here today by Governor General Sir Bob Dadae and Barrick Gold Corporation President and Chief Executive Mark Bristow, ownership of Porgera will be held in a new joint venture owned 51% by PNG stakeholders and 49% by BNL. BNL remains the operator of the mine.
By Reuters Staff
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Barrick Gold Corp has reached a deal that gives the Papua New Guinea government a majority share in the Porgera gold mine as part of plans to restart operations, the company said on Friday.
The deal will set a benchmark for further resources projects in the region, Prime Minister James Marape said in a statement, and help shape the terms of new developments by the likes of Australian gold miner Newcrest Mining.
Porgera has been shut for a year after a dispute over the terms of benefit-sharing between the operator, landowners and the government but the new framework pact paves the way to resume operations although it gave no timeframe.
April 9, 2021
The year-long standoff at the Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has ended with an agreement between the Papua New Guinea (PNG) government and Barrick Niugini Limited (BNL) that will lead to operations resuming later this year.
The two sides agreed on a partnership for its future ownership and operation.
Barrick Gold wrote in a statement that under the terms of a binding framework agreement signed by Gov. General Sir Bob Dadae and Barrick Gold Corporation President and Chief Executive Mark Bristow, ownership of Porgera will be held in a new joint venture owned 51 percent by PNG stakeholders and 49 percent by BNL. BNL remains the operator of the mine.