BCL warns on mining law change

BOUGAINVILLE’S four-year-old mining legislation, drafted after more than seven years of consultation, is facing significant changes that the former operator of the massive Panguna copper-gold mine, Bougainville Copper, says would be a disaster for the province and landholders.

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John Momis

Last month the provincial government introduced bills into parliament to amend the Bougainville Mining Act 2015 by granting a special mining over all land in Bougainville to a newly registered