Year: 2023

Eight Mineral Resources Authority (MRA) staff, comprising mining engineers and geologists have completed a month’s training program on how to use the Geovia Surpac software. The staff members who have been awarded ‘certificates of completion’ are, Miriam Kuma, Angela Bokuik, Polio Tailao, Steven Samuel and Lloyd Singura, Boidie Akenale and…

Parties to the Ok Tedi Mining Project Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) last Friday (March 24) successfully concluded the week-long MoA review in Alotau, ultimately initialling the MOA. Agreements were reached in the areas of Special Support Grants, royalties and equity amongst others. The initialled MoA document will go the relevant…

Mining Minister Honourable Sir Ano Pala, has given his support towards parties to the Ok Tedi Mining Project Memorandum of Agreement (MoA), who are reviewing the MoA, in Alotau Milnebay Province this week. The Minister’s First Secretary Mr Uve Rova, when officially launching the meeting on Tuesday March 21, on…

The 25 agents from the Special Mining Lease (SML)11 area of the new Porgera Mining Project, recently concluded a week-long workshop on leadership and governance. The workshop facilitated and funded by the Mineral Resources Authority (MRA) was conducted by the PNG Institute of Banking and Business Management (IBBM) at the…

Women landowners of mining projects in the country, will be given more recognition in terms of business opportunities from mine derived benefits going forward, said Acting Managing Director of the Mineral Resources Authority (MRA), Jerry Garry. Mr Garry was speaking during the launching of the Ramu Nickel Project women landowners’…

The Acting Managing Director of the Mineral Resources Authority (MRA), Mr. Jerry Garry has expressed satisfaction with the high-quality homes and associated facilities being built for landowners by GeoPacific Resources Limited, the developer of the Woodlark Mining gold Project. The potential mining affected landowners have been residing over the planned…