20 Dec 2023

Despite outstanding issues new Porgera mine to open this Friday

From , 6:01 am on 20 December 2023
PNG Prime Minister James Marape arrives at Porgera

PNG Prime Minister James Marape arrives at Porgera Photo: RNZI

Now to part three of our series on the Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province.

It is due to open Friday and this comes after a long squabble over the renewal of the mining lease.

The multi nationals involved and the PNG Government have set up New Porgera Ltd, with the governments, both national and provincial, along with the landowners taking a majority shareholding.

Over the past week we have been hearing from Massey University human geographer, Professor Glenn Banks, who has had a link with the mine going back 30 years.