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PNG ASM & DATABASE PNG ASM & DATABASE

Justin Justin Edimani Edimani PNG Small Scale Mining Branch, Dept. of Mining PNG Small Scale Mining Branch, Dept. of Mining

Contents Contents

• PNG Geology

PNG Geology

• Mineral Occurrences

Mineral Occurrences

• Gold Occurrences & ASM sites

Gold Occurrences & ASM sites

• Metallogenic

Metallogenic Provinces Provinces

• Technical Aspects

Technical Aspects

• Legislation

Legislation

• Stakeholders

Stakeholders

• Social Issues

Social Issues

• ASM Database

ASM Database

9 5

Area 1

1 2 4 6 7 8 20 19 18 3 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 8 1 13 2

Area 2

3 6 5 7 4

Port Moresby Lae Madang Wewak Vanimo Tabubil Wabag

• Mt. Hagen

Kerema Kainantu Popondetta Alotau Lorengau Kavieng Namatanai Rabaul Bialla Hoskins Kandrian Wau Goroka

Fig.1 - Geology of PNG and location of the airborne geophysical survey areas (red)

PNG Geology

Mineral Occurrences in PNG Mineral Occurrences in PNG

Gold occurrences in PNG Gold occurrences in PNG

Technical Aspects Technical Aspects

• 90%

90% -

• Simple mining

Simple mining

• 8%

8% -

• Semi

Semi-

• mechanized operation

mechanized operation

• 2%

2% -

• Mechanized operation

Mechanized operation

Mining Techniques Mining Techniques

Legislation Legislation

• Definition of ASM (PGK 3million Capital

Definition of ASM (PGK 3million Capital investment) investment)

• Mining Act 1992 & Regulation

Mining Act 1992 & Regulation – – Amendment Amendment to be completed this year to be completed this year

• Environment Act 2000

Environment Act 2000

• Central Bank Act

Central Bank Act

• Other related Acts as well

Other related Acts as well

• Code of Safety Mining Practices

Code of Safety Mining Practices -

• new

new

• Environmental Code & Guidelines

Environmental Code & Guidelines – – new new

Stakeholders Stakeholders

• SsamNet

SsamNet: Provincial Networking : Provincial Networking System System

• Train the Trainer program

Train the Trainer program (Accredited ASM Trainers) (Accredited ASM Trainers)

• Outreach program

Outreach program

• PNG Gold Miners

PNG Gold Miners’ ’ Association Association

• Wau/

Wau/ Bulolo Bulolo Gold Miners Assoc. Gold Miners Assoc.

TOT & Outreach TOT & Outreach

Social I ssues Social I ssues

• Health

Health

• Remote, inadequate medical

Remote, inadequate medical supplies, high infant mortality & supplies, high infant mortality & morbidity rate, malnutrition morbidity rate, malnutrition

• Law & Order

Law & Order

• Customary land ownership

Customary land ownership

• Unemployment

Unemployment

ASM Database ASM Database

• Over print

Over print

• Adobe Maker/Reader

Adobe Maker/Reader – – geological map geological map

• Data has to be compiled at once

Data has to be compiled at once

THANK YOU THANK YOU From the land of the unexpected From the land of the unexpected