Marape made some extraordinary remarks on his Facebook page, stung by criticism that he is directly responsible for more than 2600 job losses and millions of kina in revenue lost as a result of his inaction on striking a deal with Barrick Niugini to get the mine going again.

 

Barrick Niugini fired back, correcting some of the clear inaccuracies in what Marape wrote, and not sparing personal criticism of Marape himself.

 

The following two stories deal with what each said.