Find out here what people said on re-opening the Panguna mine and Bougainville Copper Limited...
"…that the only avenue currently for Bougainville to source all the funds it needs is to re-open the Panguna mine …"
JOE LERA
newly elected Regional Member of Parliament for Bougainvil
09.08.2021
"…the meeting with Bougainville Copper Ltd (BCL) was a step forward. It was a very good meeting because we agreed at once some decisions that BCL has to meet..
…most people in mine-affected areas and all of Bougainville, we would very much want BCL to come back before it decides to come to Bougainville and help us with our economic recovery on Bougainville.."
BERNADINE KIRRA
Chairwoman and spokesperson of the Panguna landowner group
24.07.2012 "It was the first time that all the landowners were represented in the group that talked with us. In the past we had other big meetings but not all landowner groups were represented. But this time it was good. The landowner groups represented all the groups that have been listed as the legitimate landowners, which include Mekamui, of course.
“I was not completely surprised. I was very happy because we had been doing a lot of work, the administration has been doing a lot of work liaising and talking with the landower groups and insisting that landowners must come to an agreement to work together…"
JOHN MOMIS
President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB) and Head of the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG)
24.07.2012
"BCL will come and re-open the mine but need to tidy up a lot of things before they come and re-open the mine. We all agree that BCL will come back because they have learned their mistake. We have learned our mistake and, maybe, we can start on a new slate…"
CHRIS DAMANA
Interim Chairman of the key umbrella group, the Panguna Landowners
24.07.2012
"The re-entry into Panguna by any best bidder or Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) can be made possible by the end of 2012…"
PATRICK NISIRA
Vice President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB)
17.01.2012
"The people of Panguna commend this government for tackling this problem head-on and which the former Somare-led government had for a long time failed to address in an effective and honest way…
…in preparation for the re-opening of the Panguna mine."
MICHAEL PARIU
Deputy Chairman of the Panguna Landowners Association
29.12.2011
"… both parties had agreed to re-negotiate the BCA with the Bougainville Copper Ltd, the national government and any other interested developer.
The decision to re-negotiate the BCA was reached on the consensus that mining would be allowed at Panguna and the BCA must not be reviewed but re-negotiated because the agreement was drawn up by parties which were no longer present at the negotiation table…"
JOHN MOMIS
President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB) and Head of the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG)
06.12.2011
“(Autonomous Bougainville Government) President Momis supports the vision of returning to mining at Panguna and has publicly stated he believes the majority of the Bougainville population also supports reopening the mine.”
PAUL COLEMAN
Company Secretary of Bougainville Copper Limited
17.08.2011
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