Rio to fund Panguna human rights probe

RIO TINTO has agreed to fund an independent assessment of the human rights and environmental impacts of its former Panguna copper and gold mine on Bougainville.

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Panguna copper-gold mine

Rio Tinto abandoned the mine in 1989 during a brutal civil conflict on Bougainville and now no longer holds a stake after controversially divesting its shareholding to the PNG and Bougainville