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Porgera mine

Porgera mine, Papua New Guinea. Producing, open pit and underground, mining gold.

Why Porgera is famous

Gold mine in Enga Province, PNG, with an open pit and underground mine. USGS lists Barrick and Zijin at 47.5% each in 2020-21. The Papua New Guinea government did not renew the old special mining lease. A new lease went to New Porgera Limited in 2023, and on 22 December 2023 Barrick signed a commencement agreement that gave it 24.5 per cent of the new venture.1,2,3,4

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Porgera today

Where gold is mined todayMining in Papua New Guinea

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An example ofLihirPapua New Guinea gold: Porgera in Enga Province and Lihir on Aniolam Island.1An example ofPanguna minePorgera's lease was not renewed. Panguna closed in 1989 and has stayed shut.1

Sources

  1. Minerals Yearbook 2020-21, volume III: The Mineral Industry of Papua New Guinea US Geological Survey
  2. data/minerals/operations.csv Prospector Trails (internal)
  3. Annual Information Form for 2025 Barrick Mining Corporation (SEC exhibit 99.1 to Form 40-F)
  4. Form 10-K for 2025 Newmont Corporation (SEC)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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