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The Papua New Guinea government will carry out the National Census for the country will commence in 2023. The country’s Prime Minister James Marape announced this in Parliament yesterday. He said this to prepare for the upcoming elections, as well as having an identification system for the country. The last national census was held in PNG in 2011. It was supposed to be carried out in 2021 but never eventuated. “We will do a deep census next year and on into 2024 so that by 2025, our nation is totally certain on our population. You are a real person living in our country, and ID system whether it’s a physical ID or a biometric based ID.” “These are things we are looking at. Not only for voting but for law and order, for business registration, for SME programs. These are matters that we as government are proposing, especially relating to the voting process,” said Mr. Marape. NBC News / PNG Today  next :  Boost for Asset recovery and Corruption investiga...

The government of Papua New Guinea, Barrick Niugini Limited and New Porgera Limited have  signed an agreement to progress with the resumption of operations at the Porgera gold mine, which have been suspended since 2020. Porgera hosts an orebody with measured and indicated resources of 10 million ounces and inferred resources of 3.4 million ounces. After initial ramp up and optimisation of the Wangima pit, the mine is forecast to produce an average of 700,000 ounces per year, achieving a milestone towards its potential Tier One status. The New Porgera Progress Agreement (NPPA), signed today, confirms that all parties are committed to reopening the mine at the earliest opportunity, in line with the terms of the Porgera Project Commencement Agreement and the New Porgera Limited Shareholders Agreement both concluded in 2022.  The New Porgera project team will now move ahead with the filings for a special mining lease and progressing the other conditions set out in the Commencement Agreemen...