Panguna wird hier nicht erwähnt,könnte es dennoch auf dieser Konferenz vom 6.-8. Dezember ein Thema/Tagespunkt sein ?? weis jemand mehr darüber?
Quelle Post Courier Freitag 26. November
Mining and petroleum meet set to be big
By MOHAMMAD BASHIR
All roads will lead to Sydney next week as Papua New Guinea’s premier Mining and Petroleum Investment conference which is shaping up to be the largest ever gathering gets underway.
The Eleventh biennial conference scheduled for December 6-8 in Sydney has already attracted over 900 delegates - all keen to hear the exciting new developments taking place in the mining and petroleum industry in PNG.
The conference will be opened by Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare and a number of senior Ministers will present keynote addresses to introduce specific sessions.
Organized by the PNG Chamber of Mines and Petroleum, with major financial backing from principal sponsors Anitua Ltd, Barrick Gold, ExxonMobil, and Oil Search Ltd, and a number of major and support sponsors, the conference is the flagship event for the Chamber and its members, other PNG businesses, and the Government to showcase the resource industry and the country to the world.
A trade exhibition will be held simultaneously with the conference, with 31 participating companies and organisations. This includes mining and petroleum companies, a wide range of service and supply companies, and government organizations.
The event is all about showcasing the PNG’s mining and petroleum industry to the international finance and investment sectors. It will provide up-to-date information about the industry, including a comprehensive analysis of the major projects, issues and events currently dominating the industry in the country.
PNGCMP Executive Director Greg Anderson said, “It is vital that we promote ourselves as an industry and a nation to the outside world. The finance industry provides access to the capital required for resource project development and for the larger projects this can run into many billions of dollars. Sydney is the premier financial hub in our region and we need to showcase our industry in their backyard. We are providing a comprehensive data package to the resource analysts, banking and investment houses, informing them of the significant progress and achievements made by our resource sectors in recent years and the pending opportunities and developments.
The first two days of the conference will feature mining sector presentations - PNG’s newest mines including the country’s first nickel production, the world’s first proposal for offshore deep sea mining for high grade seafloor massive sulphide deposits, as well as existing producers, advanced prospects and the exciting progress in the exploration arena. Presentations from the petroleum sector will feature the construction of the prestigious PNG LNG project, progress on other gas proposals, major new gas discoveries and other exploration.
In addition, a session has been dedicated to cover a cross section of landowner business ventures, which demonstrates the resource industry commitment and support for business development opportunities for landowner companies. The size, complexity and success of some of the better established landowner business ventures is a tribute to the progress that has been achieved by the resource communities over time. This is not always understood or acknowledged by some commentators on the resource industry.
The third day, on Wednesday 8 December, features a morning Seminar on Governance and Fiscal Management of Resources Revenues and two parallel afternoon seminars on PNG Petroleum and Mineral Exploration Updates.
The Seminar on Fiscal Management will highlight the success stories with investment funds stemming from resource projects, such as MRL Capital, as well as focus attention on the endeavours for further improvements in wealth management in PNG, such as the Sovereign Wealth Fund proposed by Department of Treasury, and proposals for a PNG Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative. This session will also include presentations from the banking sector and EFIC on their approach to sustainable financing, including social best practice and community welfare.
The Exploration Seminars provide a venue for a large cross section of our exploration sector to present on their activities. The diversity and number of companies clearly demonstrates the vitality and extent of current exploration activities and the presentations will reflect this as they will reveal the progress made on tenements all around the country, including some very exciting results.
The Chamber expressed appreciation for the strong support from a large number of sponsors, trade fair exhibitors and participation.