Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) is set to intensify its community engagement activities as part of a comprehensive, staged development plan for a new Panguna mining project. BCL Chairman Rob Burns said a genuine commitment to stakeholder engagement underpinned the development plan and the company was putting in place the necessary resources and personnel to step […]
A meeting of the Bougainville Copper Limited board of directors on Monday 4 July has confirmed some major outcomes relating to the company’s shareholding and management arrangements. The Independent State of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has taken up its 17.4 percent entitlement to Bougainville Copper Limited shares under the arrangements established by Rio Tinto, which […]
Bougainville Copper Limited has submitted documents formalising to the Australian Securities Exchange the substantial changes in shareholding. The documents are as follows (links will open as a PDF): 30 June 2016 – Notice of substantial shareholding 30 June 2016 – Notice of change in substantial shareholding 30 June 2016 – Notice of cessation of substantial shareholding […]
Peter Taylor has resigned from his role of Chairman of Bougainville Copper Limited following the decision by Rio Tinto to transfer its shareholding in the company to an independent trustee. Robert Burns has been appointed acting Chairman and a board meeting of BCL will be held on Monday, 4 July 2016. The board of directors […]
Rio Tinto has today transferred its 53.8 per cent shareholding in Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) to an independent trustee. Equity Trustees Limited will manage the distribution of these shares between the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) for the benefit of all the Panguna landowners and the people of Bougainville, and the Independent State of Papua New […]
BCL WELCOMES PANGUNA SUPPORT Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) has welcomed reports of strong support among Panguna land owners and the wider community for BCL’s participation in a new Panguna mine project. BCL Chairman Robert Burns said the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) had confirmed that ministerial forums held at Panguna and Arawa last week were well-attended […]
On 1 June 2016 Bougainville Copper Limited held its Annual General Meeting at the Grand Papua Hotel in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The AGM provided an opportunity the Chairman Mr Peter Taylor to make a statement concerning the up to date affairs of the company and the following is a transcript of that speech in its entirety. A […]
The Chairman and Managing Director of Bougainville Copper Limited, Mr Peter Taylor, has told the 2016 Annual General Meeting that the company remains committed to the vision of sustainable mining on Bougainville. In his address to the AGM held at the Grand Papua Hotel in Port Moresby on Wednesday, 2 June 2016, Mr Taylor outlined the activities of the […]
Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) has continued its partnership with the Arawa Football Association (AFA) with the provision of K20,000 in renewed funding. The funds are targeted to assist with preparation for tournaments, identified as a priority area by the AFA. A majority of the funds were used by AFA to send two teams to the […]
Bougainville Copper Limited has announced that the 2016 Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday, 1 June 2016, in Port Moresby The AGM will be held at the Grand Papua Hotel, on Mary Street in Port Moresby, and will commence at 2pm. The notice of the meeting, proxy form, explanatory notes and the 2015 Annual Report were […]