Mining News Pro - The Porgera gold mine in Papa New Guinea (PNG), halted since 2020, is closer to resuming operations as the country’s government, Barrick Gold’s local subsidiary and New Porgera have inked a new deal to speed up the mine restart.

Friday, March 31, 2023 - 21:39:04

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Mining News Pro - Barrick Gold chief executive Mark Bristow is set to meet with Papua New Guinea (PNG) Prime Minister James Marape this week, with the aim of speeding up the restart of the country’s Porgera gold mine.

Wednesday, October 13, 2021 - 16:26:14

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Mining News Pro - The government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Monday confirmed that it would restart talks with energy producer ExxonMobil over the P'nyang project.

Monday, August 23, 2021 - 13:07:22

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Mining News Pro - Canada’s Barrick Gold and Papua New Guinea (PNG) have ended a year-long standoff with an agreement that gives the country’s government a majority stake in the Porgera gold mine and outlines plans to restart operations.

Sunday, April 11, 2021 - 1:12:53 PM

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Mining News Pro - Newcrest Mining said that it is working closely with the Australian government following the suspension of travel exemptions which had allowed fly-in-fly-out mining and energy workers to travel to and from Papua New Guinea.

Sunday, March 21, 2021 - 11:58:46 AM

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Mining News Pro - Newcrest Mining expects the Lihir gold operation in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to face no repercussions from the Australian Government’s ban on incoming and outgoing travel between the neighbouring countries.

Friday, March 19, 2021 - 12:53:14 PM

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Mining News Pro - Barrick Gold said it will take civil and criminal action against those circulating “irresponsible and false statements” on social media, purporting to link chief executive Mark Bristow’s recent visit to Papua New Guinea to attempts to oust prime minister James Marape.

Wednesday, November 18, 2020 - 12:07:37 PM

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Mining News Pro - Fortescue Metals Group has signed an agreement with Kumul Consolidated Holdings to gain access to Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) hydropower resources.

Wednesday, September 2, 2020 - 11:28:16 AM

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Mining News Pro - Canada’s Barrick Gold said it would challenge the Papua New Guinea (PNG) government reported move to grant a 20-year lease for the Porgera gold mine to a state-backed firm.

Saturday, August 29, 2020 - 12:52:56 PM

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Mining News Pro - Ok Tedi Mining has halted operations in Tabubil, Papua New Guinea after the mining town recorded seven positive COVID-19 cases.

Friday, August 7, 2020 - 1:04:38 PM

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Mining News Pro - The world’s second largest gold miner, Barrick, says it remains open to negotiations with Papua New Guinea to reopen the Porgera mine, but stresses that negotiations have to be in good faith and without preconditions.

Friday, July 17, 2020 - 2:48:44 PM

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Mining News Pro - Canada’s Barrick Gold has served a dispute notice to the Papua New Guinea (PNG) government over the country’s refusal to renew a license for Porgera mine.

Saturday, July 11, 2020 - 11:20:39 AM

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Mining News Pro - Barrick Gold Corp will lay off most staff at its Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea, the mine’s operator said on Wednesday, a signal that an impasse with the government over ownership is unlikely to be resolved swiftly.

Thursday, June 25, 2020 - 12:09:45 PM

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Mining News Pro - Papua New Guinea has passed legislation seeking to boost benefits to the country from oil, gas and mine developments, which could impact talks on a stalled project planned by Exxon Mobil Corp.

Friday, June 12, 2020 - 12:24:51 PM

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Mining News Pro - Barrick Gold has offered an extra 15% stake in its Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea to local landowners, according to a letter from its CEO, in a bid to break an impasse with the national government over the mine’s future.

Saturday, May 30, 2020 - 9:13:40 AM

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Mining News Pro - A Papua New Guinea court is set to rule next month on whether Barrick Gold Corp can proceed with a legal challenge over the government’s refusal to extend its lease on the Porgera gold mine, the head of the country’s mining regulator said.

Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - 4:14:52 PM

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Mining News Pro - Barrick Gold has cut its 2020 production guidance after running into conflict with the government of Papua New Guinea over the Porgera gold mine last month.

Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - 7:13:00 PM

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Mining News Pro - Barrick Gold welcomed on Friday a court ruling ordering the government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) to review a requested lease extension for the Porgera gold mine.

Saturday, May 2, 2020 - 12:12:56 PM

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Mining News Pro - Newcrest Mining and Harmony Gold scored a win on Tuesday after Papua New Guinea’s national court dismissed a stay order on work relating to their Wafi-Golpu gold-copper project, which allows the partners to resume permitting talks with the government.

Wednesday, February 12, 2020 - 2:14:00 PM

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Mining News Pro - Australia’s Newcrest Mining and South Africa’s Harmony Gold are facing fresh challenges in Papua New Guinea, as the administration is asking to keep 40% of gold extracted at the companies’ Wafi-Golpu project.

Saturday, September 14, 2019 - 10:37:58 AM

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Mining News Pro - Papua New Guinea plans to take a larger share of the Porgera gold mine as part of lease-renewal talks, diluting the ownership of joint venture partners Barrick Gold Corp and Zijin Mining Group, the country’s commerce minister told Reuters on Monday.

Tuesday, August 20, 2019 - 11:16:16 AM

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Mining News Pro - ASX-listed Gold Mountain has completed the assembly and commissioning of a large-capacity mobile plant to process coarse gold and platinum bulk samples.

Tuesday, August 14, 2018 - 4:02:06 PM

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