231112FORUM ENDS WITH ONE MINDSET
By Aloysius Laukai
The two-days Panguna negotiations Forum held at the Hutjena
Secondary School Hall this week has strongly recommended that the closed
PANGUNA Copper Mine be re- opened with BCL as their first partner.
The Regional forum for the North Bougainville Districts of
Buka, Atolls and Nissan ended with all the three districts supporting the
reopening of the Panguna Copper Mine by the old partner BCL .
In their seven Points recommendations all three districts
said they supported the reopening of the Panguna Copper mine only after a new
deal has been negotiated between all parties concerned.
They called on the ABG to make sure all parties are represented
when the new deal will be negotiated between the BCL, ABG and the PNG Government and of course the Landowners.
The Division of Mining organized this meeting to get the views from
the leaders and people of North Bougainville, Nissan and the Atolls District that includes the islands of
Carteret, Motlock , Tasman and Fead Islands. The forum was hailed a success.
Three more forums would be hosted in Central Bougainville
and South Bougainville to get the responses from these other districts.The two-day forum was broadcasted live on New Dawn FM, Bougainville's Community Radio Network.
By Aloysius Laukai
The two-days Panguna negotiations Forum held at the Hutjena
Secondary School Hall this week has strongly recommended that the closed
PANGUNA Copper Mine be re- opened with BCL as their first partner.
The Regional forum for the North Bougainville Districts of
Buka, Atolls and Nissan ended with all the three districts supporting the
reopening of the Panguna Copper Mine by the old partner BCL .
In their seven Points recommendations all three districts
said they supported the reopening of the Panguna Copper mine only after a new
deal has been negotiated between all parties concerned.
They called on the ABG to make sure all parties are represented
when the new deal will be negotiated between the BCL, ABG and the PNG Government and of course the Landowners.
The Division of Mining organized this meeting to get the views from
the leaders and people of North Bougainville, Nissan and the Atolls District that includes the islands of
Carteret, Motlock , Tasman and Fead Islands. The forum was hailed a success.
Three more forums would be hosted in Central Bougainville
and South Bougainville to get the responses from these other districts.The two-day forum was broadcasted live on New Dawn FM, Bougainville's Community Radio Network.
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