At the recent 34th annual general meeting in Port Moresby, Smare was re-elected unopposed.
Smare last year became the mining, oil and gas industry's first non-affiliated president, independent of all the member companies that comprise the chamber's membership.
Richard Kassman of Total Energies EP PNG retained his position as senior vice-president, with Philip Samar of K92 Mining joining the council as vice-president.
Council members for 2022 include John Lewins (K92), Albert Kaupa Tobe (Ramu-Nico, MCC), Kepas Wali (Harmony Gold), Stanley Komunt (Newcrest), Hitesh Lal (ExxonMobil PNG), Tim Richards (Geopacific Resource), Mark McMonagle (Sun Engineering), Andrew Harris (Deloitte).
Smare thanked outgoing councillors John Chambers, Johannes van Heerden and Craig Jones for their contributions. He also thanked outgoing senior vice-president Leon Buskens for his leadership.
