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Prime Minister James Marape’s opening address at the PNG Chamber of Mines and Petroleum conference this week, is expected to spark public debate on the continuing role and prospects for petroleum and mining companies in Papua New Guinea.
Opposition queries signing of major investment deals months before National Elections
Papua New Guinea's government has done a deal with "the devil" to reopen a large gold mine in the country's Highlands region. With an economy in contraction due to the pandemic, the PNG government has reached an agreement with Canada-based company Barrick Gold on plans to reopen the Porgera mine. Aerial view of the Porgera gold mine. Photo: Zijin Mining The Enga province mine had been in operation for 30 years until a year ago when it closed a after PNG's government denied Barrick and its joint venture partner in Barrick Niugini Ltd, Zijin Mining of China, a renewed mining lease.
Papua New Guinea's government has done a deal with "the devil" to reopen a large gold mine in the country's Highlands region. With an economy in contraction due to the pandemic, the PNG government has reached an agreement with Canada-based company Barrick Gold on plans to reopen the Porgera mine. Aerial view of the Porgera gold mine. Photo: Zijin Mining The Enga province mine had been in operation for 30 years until a year ago when it closed a after PNG's government denied Barrick and its joint venture partner in Barrick Niugini Ltd, Zijin Mining of China, a renewed mining lease.
Police are warning a “whole-out war” could erupt in Eastern Highlands province in Papua New Guinea, after 19 people were killed in tribal violence late last week. High-powered weapons, as well as a hand grenade, were used in fighting on Thursday and Friday near Kainantu Town in the east of the country, causing 19 deaths, with many more people unaccounted for, and properties destroyed. The fighting, between the Agarabi and Tapo clans, was over a...