Tag: Media Release

Warden’s Hearing for the Porgera Mine has been successfully concluded. The hearing was held at Paiam Oval in Porgera on July 31, and in Tari Town Square Hela Province on Aug 1, with regards to the Special Mining Lease (SML) 13 and 15 supporting tenements. Major stakeholders to the hearing…

Mining Minister Honourable Sir Ano Pala yesterday (Thursday July 20th), announced important statutory activities that will be undertaken by the Mineral Resources Authority (MRA) which will lead to the re-opening of the Porgera Mine. The statutory activities are: 1. Mining Warden’s Hearing, which will be held on July 31 at…

Prime Minister Honourable James Marape has appealed to the people of Porgera Valley in the Enga Province, to stop fighting so that the Porgera Mine could restart operations. Hon Marape flanked by Mining Minister Hon Sir Ano Pala, Enga Governor Hon Sir Peter Ipatas, Member for Porgera Paiela Hon Maso…

Landowners of the Bakoidu-Tolukuma road project area in the Kairuku and Goilala Districts in the Central Province, have given their approval for the road infrastructure to be constructed. Paramount Chief of Foleka Deva Deva village in the Kunni Local Level Government (LLG) Kairuku District, Albert Mara, and the Woitape LLG…

New Porgera Limited (NPL), yesterday (13.06.23) lodged a Special Mining Lease (SML) application for the Porgera Gold Mine and its supporting tenements. NPL is a company owned jointly by Kumul Minerals Holdings Limited (KMHL), Barrick Niugini Limited and Mineral Resources Enga Limited (MRE). The application was lodged by the Chairman…

Parties to the K92 Mining project Memorandum of Agreement (MoA), successfully concluded a two-days consultative meeting in Goroka on May 31-June 1, creating a pathway towards finalizing the MoA that was initialed in 2020 in Kokopo, East New Britain Province. The parties are the State, the Eastern Highlands Provincial Government…