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LAE: A state team yesterday, conducted a pre-Community Development Agreement (CDA) awareness program in Lae, involving parties to the Wafi Golpu mining project CDA.The parties are Yanta, Hengambu, Babuaf, Wampar, Butibam, Wagang, Morobe Provincial Government and host Local Level Governments. The consultation program was aimed at educating the parties who…

The Mineral Resources Authority (MRA) Managing Director Jerry Garry, has appealed to alluvial gold miners, leaseholders and tribute agreement partners in the Wau-Waria District, to respect each other, observe the law, and resolve issues amicably. The MD made the appeal on Monday August 12, 2024, during a meeting at the…

EMTV’s ” A Closer Look” program features the Geoscience, Exploration & Extraction Conference 2024, held last week. We thank EMTV for this special coverage.

PORT MORESBY: Prime Minister Hon James Marape, officially closed the Geoscience, Exploration and Extraction Conference 2024, on Friday August 9. The event closing was witnessed by conference participants, presenters, sponsors, mining industry leaders, service providers, exhibitors and UPNG geology students, who packed the room to listen to the PM. Over…

PNG has and estimated 100 (m) million ounces of gold that is yet to be mined according to the Prime Minister Hon James Marape. The PM revealed this when officially closing the Geoscience, Exploration & Extraction Conference 2024 yesterday at the APEC Haus in Port Moresby. He said based on…

PORT MORESBY: There has been a decline in mineral exploration activities in the country since 2019, according to the Managing Director of the Mineral Resources Authority (MRA), Jerry Garry. Mr Garry said this today at the Geoscience, Exploration & Extraction Conference 2024, at the APEC Haus in Port Moresby. The…

PORT MORESBY: Prime Minister Hon James Marape, through the Managing Director of the Mineral Resources Authority (MRA) Jerry Garry, today officially opened the Geoscience, Exploration & Extraction (GEE) Conference 2024. The three-days (Aug 7-9) conference organized by the MRA is being staged at the APEC Haus in Port Moresby. PM…

Lae, Papua New Guinea, August 2, 2024 – Prime Minister Hon. James Marape, announced on Friday, August 2, 2024, that the State Negotiating Team (SNT) is actively engaged in discussions with Wafi-Golpu mine developers Newmont and Harmony, with the aim of finalising the Mine Development Contract (MDC). This critical step…

Lae, August 2, 2024 – Prime Minister Hon. James Marape on Friday, August 2, 2024, presented a K50 million Infrastructure Development Grant (IDG) to Wafi-Golpu landowners and the Morobe Provincial Government. He emphasised that this is not “free” money but funds intended for infrastructure projects in the six impacted areas…

PORT MORESBY: The Mineral Resources Authority (MRA) has condemned the killing of a Chinese national, and the wounding of another Chinese man, at an Alluvial Mining site in the Wau-Waria District of Morobe Province on July 28, 2024. The incident which also resulted in the burning down of two excavators,…