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Mineral Tok Page January-February 2012

Volume 6 January—February 2012

Mineral

Resources

Authority

The Department of Mining of

the Autonomous Region of

Bougainville government was

the recipient of a World Bank

funded vehicle recently in Feb-

ruary.

On hand to receive the keys to

the Nissan Patrol station wagon

four wheel drive from the Man-

aging Director of the Mineral

Resources Authority, Mr. Kepas

Wali, was the ABG Mining Min-

ister, Michael Oni.

Mr. Oni thanked the MRA and

said the vehicle was a vital re-

source that his department ur-

gently needed at this time to

carry out its programs on the

island.

The World Bank’s Technical As-

sistance Program to Papua New

Guinea under its Mining Sector

Support Project (MSSP) is pres-

ently housed with the Mineral

Resources Authority (MRA).

The project description has five

main components.

Apart from setting up the Spe-

cial Projects Unit (SPU) in MRA

Issue 1

to manage the project, the

other four are; support to the

Department of Department of

Mineral Policy and Geo-

h a z a r d s M a n a g em e n t

(DMPGM), support to the In-

ternal Revenue Commission,

support to the Mineral Re-

sources Authori ty and

strengthening the foundations

for a conflict-free mining sec-

tor in Bougainville.

The World Bank under this

component, will provide sup-

port to the ABG to develop a

Department of Mining as well

as guiding policy, legislation

and regulations to guide min-

eral development in the region.

It will also provide assistance in

institutional development and

capacity building for the ABG

DoM. This includes institutional

analysis of the ABD DoM, on

the job training of ABG staff to

MRA and DMPGM, procurement

of vehicles and office equip-

ment and the construction of a

building to house the ABG Min-

ing Department.

Local company gets roadwork contract - 2 Solwara 1 MoA to be signed in April - 3 EL Map - 4

Porgera to have only one MoA - 5 Mine Production Review - 6 List of Gold Buyers - 7

INSIDE

ABG rece ives vehic le from World Bank

Pictured left is ABG Mining Minister Michael Oni receiving the keys of the Nissan Patrol

from MRA Managing Director Kepas Wali with staff looking on.

Mineral Tok January-February 2012

A local landowner company from

Madang, Krumbukari Limited, has

been given a contract by the state

to construct and maintain a road

from the Banu Bridge to Danagari

in the Usino Bundi electorate in

the province.

The road project is one of several

projects under the Ramu Nickel

Project Agreement and is esti-

mated to cost the National Gov-

ernment K1.2 million.

The road maintenance and con-

struction contract will give easy

access to people from Krumbukari

who have been relocated from the

Special Mining Lease (SML) area

of the Ramu Nickel Project to

Dangari relocation site to access

the Madang-Ramu road through

Usino and Walium.

Chairman of Krumbukari Ltd, Ed-

ward Kurame when signing the

contract award, said he was

pleased to see this project come

to reality after nearly 12 years.

He thanked the MRA and its Act-

ing Managing Director Mr. Kepas

Wali for giving the opportunity to

landowners companies and work-

ing within the spirit of the MOA.

Project Coordinator for Ramu

Nickel Project, Mr. Carter Oiee

emphasised and challenged KBK

Ltd to deliver the project on

scheduled and of quality standard.

He also emphasised that this pro-

ject is a good business opportu-

nity for the LANCO and at the

same time a service to the com-

munity at large. He also warned

that failing to meet the standard

required, future projects will be

given to other firms/companies.

The Madang Provincial Works De-

partment has been engaged to

supervise the works.

Nat. Govt engages local company for road

works as part of its MoA obligations.

Carter Oiee of MRA handing over the contract to Edward Kurame,

Chairman of KBK Ltd.

841 Applications

in 2011

A total of 841 different types

of exploration licences (ELs)

were processed at the Min-

eral Resources Authority in

2011.

Of the total, 151 were

granted licences, 125 re-

newals, and 394 new licence

applications. Licences that

were refused or withheld

amounted to 171.

Of these, actual mining li-

cences have been issued to

operators or mines in Lihir,

Simberi, Sinivit, Porgera,

Morobe Mining, Ok Tedi,

Ramu Nickel and Solwara 1.

Ramu Nickel and Solwara 1

are yet to go into production

while the others are opera-

tion mines.

Some of the applicants have

been granted ELs while

other applications are still

pending as they are either

under the various stages of

the screening process by the

Mining Advisory Council

(MAC), or are waiting for the

warden hearing process to

be completed.

He added that this was a

significant sign of confidence

by mining companies in the

investment climate enjoyed

by PNG at present.


ried out in the Bismarck sea

30km out of New Ireland

and 50km East New Britain

provinces respectively.

The project will engage the

use of robotic instruments in

its operations and is ex-

pected to have a lifespan of

three years. The state,

through its holding com-

pany, Petromin, has agreed

to take out the full 30 per-

cent option in the project as

allowed for under Papua

New Guinea’s Mining Act

1992.

Solwara 1 MoA to be signed in April 2012

and Environment as well as

the setting up of a National

Disaster Fund that could be

accessed speedily in the

event of an emergency.

A draft MOA is now being

finalised to incorporate all

proposals and changes

agreed to at the Kokopo

meeting and is expected to

be ready for signing in April,

2012.

The Solwara 1 project is the

world’s first undersea min-

ing project that will be car-

The third consultative forum

on the Solwara 1 project

held in Kokopo, East New

Britain Province from March

6-7, 2012, has progressed

a lot of issues and a Memo-

randum of Agreement is ex-

pected to be signed in April,

2012.

The undertaking given by all

stakeholders in the consul-

tations came about after

parties at the meeting dis-

cussed and resolved a lot of

questions raised in a previ-

ous forum held last year in

Kavieng, New Ireland Prov-

ince.

Those who attended the

meeting included represen-

tatives from the two provin-

cial governments ie; New

Ireland and East New Brit-

ain, national government

agencies, Petromin, and the

project developer Nautilus

Incorporated.

Main issues discussed at the

meeting were those relating

to the benefits sharing

agreement proposal and

commitments by the various

stakeholders.

The signing of the agree-

ment will see the establish-

ment of a School of Mining

with a discipline in Off-Shore

Mining to be based at the

Papua New Guinea Univer-

sity of Natural Resources

Stakeholders at the 3rd Consultative Forum on the Solwara 1 Project in Kokopo


Rock Archives

The rock archiving exercise

for the Mineral Resources Au-

thority has so far been on

track with 18,667 rock sam-

ples catalogued and stored in

366 patrol boxes, with most

stacked in the sea containers.

A database of coal and gem-

stone occurrences has been

created by Geologist Maxine

Lahan. Maps for all of the

minerals have also been com-

pleted, and it is anticipated

the final write-up will be com-

pleted by the end of March for

editing.

Geological Maps

A 1:250 000 geological map

and the surrounds have been

finalized for Buna, Oro Prov-

ince and is now going for final GSD Technical

Reports

edits.

The digitizing of the coast-

lines, rivers and streams of

the Salamaua 1: 250 000

geological map has also been

completed. Digitizing of rock

units will be done after the

initial BMR 1:250 000 geo-

logical map is scanned and

geo-referenced.

PNG seamless geology pro-

ject, shape files are being ti-

died up and simplified, and

some features and types are

being moved into different

shape files (e.g. all structures

into a structure shape file). A

colour and pattern palette for

the geological rock units in

PNG.

All GEOMAP 1:100 000 map

sheets are finalized and are

now out for sale.

• Verave et. al., 2011. Wau-Bulolo geothermal reconnais-

sance survey draft report in

progress

• Verave, R., 2011. Field re-port on Milne Bay seismicity

program. Report in progress.

• Mosusu, N., 2011. Resistivity survey for groundwater de-

velopment, Finschhafen,

Morobe Province - Draft

• Irarue, P. Seismic refraction for hydro-electric plant, Kud-

jip, Western Highlands Prov-

ince - Draft

• Mosusu et al., Magnetic re-sponse of gossanneous ter-

rains, Rigo District, Central

Province. Draft

Geological Survey Division Activity Update

Hydrogeology

Following a month long field

work with Oil Serach in its

drilling programs in the West-

ern Province last year, core

samples collected at the field

site were shipped to Port Mo-

resby.

Trainee geologist Ms. Nadia

Kuman and Senior Hydro-

geologist Mr. Simon Egara

supervised the removal of

CSG core trays from Oil

Search Drilling programs from

20 foot container with 5 casu-

als into a 40 foot container

that’s being used to tempo-

rarily store core trays and

samples for the Geological

Survey Division.

Senior Hydrogeologist Simon Egara with drillers from Central Drillers

working on the Daru water supply project


Mine

Copper (t) Gold (Oz) Silver (Oz)

Ok Tedi

495, 879 417236 1048546

Newcrest Lihir - 653037 -

Porgera - 538957.1 106537.9

Tolukuma - 33119 54409

MMJV - 231383.2 1826370

Simberi - 57282 10037

Sinivit - 6400 2221.23

TOTAL 495, 879 1, 346, 159.1 2, 203, 247.4

Production: January-December 2011

Mine Productions Summary List

With the delay in the com-

missioning of the Ramu

Nickel Cobalt mine in 2011,

the number of operating

mines as at December is still

seven (7).

The Ramu Mine is expected

to be commissioned the first

quarter of 2012.

Production at the mines for

the second half of 2011 was

lower, with a general decline

in production.

The major contributing factor

could have been the stop-

page of work at Ok Tedi mine

due to the pyrite spillage at

the waste storage facility in

May 2011.

Under PNG laws, sulfur levels

in tailings must be kept at

less than 1%, and as the

company was processing

high sulfide ore, it decreased

it production affecting its

overall annual performance.

Production from other oper-

ating mines, including Por-

gera and Lihir dropped com-

pared to corresponding peri-

ods of 2010.

Tolukuma in contrast, experi-

ence increase in production.

By way of revenue, the high

commodity prices in gold and

copper brought in higher

revenue even though produc-

tion was low.

There was a 16.3 percent in-

crease in the weighted aver-

age price of mineral exports,

with higher prices of gold,

copper and crude oil.

Mine Product ion Review 2011

Ships bringing in construction materials for the Ramu Nickel Cobalt Project at Basamuk

Refinery site, Madang.


ITALPREZIOSI SOUTH PA-

CIFIC LIMITED

PO BOX 324, PORT MORESBY,

NATIONAL CAPITAL DIS-TRICT

Phone: 325 3394

Fax: 325 3466

Email: [email protected]

GOLD EXPORTS LIMITED

PO BOX 926, LAE,

MOROBE PROVINCE

Phone: 472 5265

Fax: 472 3825


[email protected]

WANAKA NO5 LIMITED

PO BOX 850, MT HAGEN,

WESTERN HIGHLANDS PROVINCE

Phone: 542 1221

Fax: 542 1547


GOLDEN VALLEY ENTER-

PRISES

PO BOX 500, LAE,

MOROBE PROVINCE

Phone: 472 0618

Fax: 472 8298


REPAX (PNG) LIMITED

PO BOX 1509, BOROKO,

NATIONAL CAPITAL DIS-TRICT

Phone: 326 3990/3970/3972

Fax: 326 3976


List of Gold Buyers

and Exporters New Years Day, Sunday 1st January, 2012

Public Holiday, Monday, 2nd January, 2012

Good Friday, Friday, 6th April, 2012

Easter Saturday, 7th April, 2012

Easter Sunday, Sunday 8th April, 2012

Easter Monday, Monday 9th April, 2012

Queen’s Birthday, Monday, 11th June, 2012

National Remembrance Day, Monday, 23rd June, 2012

Independence Day, Sunday, 16th September, 2012

Public Holiday, Monday 17th September, 2012

(in respect that Independence Day falls on Sunday)

Christmas Day, Tuesday, 25th December, 2012

Boxing Day, Wednesday, 26th December, 2012

Gazetted Public Holidays


All correspondences can be sent to the address stated above.

Mineral Resources Authority

PO Box 1906

PORT MORESBY 121 NCD

Papua New Guinea

Phone: +675 321 3511

Fax: +675 321 5711

E-mail: [email protected]

URL: http://www.mra.gov.pg

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13) PNG Current Exploration License Map K25.00

14) PNG Mining Projects Map K20.00

15) Mining Act 1992 K25.00

16) Mining Safety Act (Chapter 195) K50.00

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18) MRA Quarterly Bulletin K20.00

19) The Geology & Mineral Potential of PNG by A. Williamson & Dr.G. HancockK20.00

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Editorial Team

Publisher Kepas Wali

Executive Editor Arnold Lakamanga

Editor Messery Gubag

Writers Kenneth Avira

Messery Gubag

Artwork, Layout & Design Messery Gubag

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