.....just before the JSB Meeting and the BCL AGM...

.....just before the JSB Meeting and the BCL AGM ;-)))))

http://bougainville.typepad.com/newdawn/2013/02/130213sydney-meet-by-aloysius-laukai.html


130213SYDNEY MEET
By Aloysius Laukai


Bougainville leaders led by ABG President JOHN MOMIS and FINANCE, PLANNING AND TREASURY Minister ALBERT PUNGHAU, former national member for Central Bougainville and PNG Mining minister, SAM AKOITAI, Geologists DAVID OSIKORE, CEO for the ABG Mining Division, STEPHEN BURAIN and Director for Panguna negotiation office, RAYMOND MASONO are currently in Sydney Australia to attend a meeting at the Australian National University (ANU) to discuss on mining on Bougainville and its impacts to the communities.
The meeting will be held at 4 pm tomorrow afternoon.
In the mean time whilst talks are to resume on the future of the mine, thousands of Bougainvilleans are involved in artisanal mining in many parts of Bougainville, generating significant economic activity.
The ABG is developing its own mining legislation, which will deal with the controversial issue of ownership of minerals by land owners and should go before the March session of the ABG Parliament.
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