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The Porgera Gold Mine is a large gold and silver mining operation near Porgera, Enga province, Papua New Guinea (PNG). Located at the head of the Porgera Valley, The mine is situated in the rain forest covered highlands at an altitude of 2,200 to 2,700 m, in a region of high rainfall , landslides , and frequent earthquakes .
The two largest gold mines are the Porgera (Enga Province) and Lihir (New Ireland Province) mines. In 2009, the Hidden Valley gold and silver mine (Morobe Province) commenced production. All the mining activity that has taken place in the country since 1970 has produced approximately 5 million tonnes of copper between 1970 and 2007.
Papua New Guinea has granted police emergency powers, including the use of lethal force, to contain the violence in Porgera between illegal settlers squatting near the gold mine and local ...
The Porgera mine was partially nationalized at the end of 2022, with the Papua New Guinean government owning 36%, the indigenous community owning 15%, and Barrick Gold owning 49%. [9] Suffering from stomach cancer, Maso Karipe frequently travelled to Australia beginning October 2022. [10] He died in Brisbane on 7 November 2023. [11]
More than 100 people are believed to have been killed in a landslide Friday that buried a village in a remote, mountainous part of Papua New Guinea, and an emergency response is underway ...
"Eyewitness video captures landslide 'catastrophe' in Papua New Guinea"—Video of the aftermath of the landslide published by NBC News "Hundreds feared dead after landslide strikes Papua New Guinea village"—Photos of the aftermath published by the Hindustan Times; Humanitarian impact of landslide in Lagaip - Porgera district: A report by ACAPS
The Porgera Gold Mine (PJV) is a major user of the Highlands Highway for transport of all its consumables and equipment from Lae port, and consequently spends an enormous amount of time and money on maintaining the road – most often the portion from Mt Hagen to Porgera – upgrading cuttings, bridges and culverts.
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