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Porgera gold mine in PNG moves toward restartThe Porgera Gold Mine is being readied for recommissioning later this year, as announced by Mark Bristow, President and CEO of Barrick Gold on August 4. Located in Papua New Guinea, the mine is held by Barrick Niugini Limited, a joint venture between Zijin Mining and Barrick Gold. This follows an event held on July 20, which was attended by the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, the Hon James Mar...2023/08/14
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PNG government signs amendment deed to commencement agreement with BNLZijin News - The government of Papua New Guinea and Barrick (Niugini) Limited (“BNL”) recently entered into a Deed of Amendment to the Porgera Project Commencement Agreement and an Escrow Deed to park 10% of the project equity of the new joint venture. The deeds were signed at the Government House in Port Moresby. PNG Prime Minister James Marape attended the signing, which he said is a major miles...2022/04/08
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The Latest Progress on Negotiations on Porgera Gold MineZijin News - on 6th April 2021, Pupa New Guinea (PNG) Prime minister James Marape has announced an imminent agreement to reopen Porgera mine. Barrick Gold Corporation (Barrick) has announced the latest progress about the negotiations afterwards. The production of Porgera has been suspended and the mine has been on care and maintenance since April 2020 as the PNG government refused the application ...2021/04/06
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Porgera Gold Mine in 6th Consecutive Year of Global Environmental Sustainability CertificationFor the sixth year in a row, Porgera Gold Mine was independently certified to ISO 14001 Environmental Management System on August 13. This certification means that, since December 2012 when Porgera Gold Mine completed the first assessment by Environmental Resources Management (ERM), it has been up to international environmental sustainability standards for 6 consecutive years. ISO 14001 Environmen...2018/08/24
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Mr. Chen Jinghe Visits Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'NeillOn May 9, 2016, Mr. Peter O'Neill, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (PNG), met with Mr. Chen Jinghe, Chairman of Zijin Mining Group. Both sides exchanged opinions on Zijin’s further development in PNG. Mr. Chen expressed his thanks for the support that PNG government offered to Zijin. He said, “PNG has abundant natural resources, Zijin is interested in some other large mines in PNG. Zijin expect...2016/05/14
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Senior Managers of Porgera Gold Mine Visit Zijinshan Copper MineOn November 13th and 14th, Damian Shaw, the Deputy General Manager Operations of Porgera Mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG), and the Senior Community Manager Timothy Andambo visited Zijinshan Gold and Copper Mine and exchanged views with Zijin on mine’s operations, community relations and mining safety, also shared managerial experience. Porgera Gold Mine in PNG is a newly acquired mine by Zijin (47.5...2015/11/21