Papua LNG will continue to command the attention of PNG’s investment community in the coming year, after taking a major step towards a final investment decision, while other major resources projects continue to advance at their own pace.
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The total return profile on PNGX, Papua New Guinea’s national stock exchange, remained one of the strongest in the world last year, as JMP Securities’ Lars Mortensen notes in this exclusive analysis for Business Advantage PNG.
Women are playing an increasingly important role in Papua New Guinea’s mining sector, and a new committee launched in 2025 is aiming to increase their representation further. Business Advantage PNG speaks with two of the leading female pioneers in the industry.
The oversubscription of a recent capital raising by exploration firm Great Pacific Gold shows investors are bullish on Papua New Guinea’s mining sector. Its Chief Executive Greg McCunn shares the next steps with Business Advantage PNG.
Sarimu Kanu, Managing Director of Kumul Minerals Holdings (KMHL), sits down for an exclusive interview with Andrew Wilkins, in which he discusses Porgera, Ok Tedi and KMHL’s plans around acquisitions, stranded resources and the building of a gold refinery in PNG.
After delays to key resources projects Papua LNG and Wafi-Golpu, there are signs that final investment decisions and other key milestones are drawing closer. Meanwhile, M&A activity in the sector is heating up.
CEO changes at Barrick and Newmont, new chief risk officer for Kina Bank, board appointment at NGIP Agmark, Bougainville president wins second term.
A departure at Kina Bank, a new Manager Media and Public Relations for OTML, a new National Fuel Transport Manager for EastWest Transport, new President and COO for Newmont and more.
Papua New Guinea investors enjoyed substantial returns in both the fixed-interest and equities asset classes last year, according to an exclusive analysis for Business Advantage PNG by JMP Securities Managing Director Lars Mortensen.
The Business Advantage PNG editorial team was among the delegates at the 2024 Papua New Guinea Investment Week (formerly the Papua New Guinea Resources & Energy Investment Conference) in Sydney, held from December 8-11. Here are our top five takeaways from the event.