As a requirement of the company’s ELO1 exploration licence BCL is required to carry out a Landowner Identification Study with respect to the Panguna project area to formally document the tenement’s customary landowners. There are 510 blocks of land in the licence area and between 26 August and 3 September, BCL’s local engagement team, led […]
Members of BCL’s engagement team are currently conducting six days of awareness-raising activities with respect to a necessary Landowner Identification Study (LIS) under the company’s Panguna project EL01 exploration licence. The sessions commenced earlier this week in Dapera village and will take in other key villages, including Moroni, Guava, Kupe/Kaino, Onove/Enamira before concluding next Tuesday […]
Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) has paid tribute to its beloved CEO Johnny Patterson Auna who passed away suddenly in Port Moresby on the evening of 11 August. The company’s chairman Sir Melchior Togolo said Mr Auna’s passing came as a terrible shock to all at BCL and it is an extremely difficult time for everybody […]
BCL is again a keen supporter of PNG Resources Week. Our popular team members Myra and Constance are overseeing our information booth at APEC Haus in Port Moresby through until tomorrow (Wednesday) as part of the CANCONEX community affairs and national content conference. As the industry marks 50 years of PNG independence, BCL has adopted […]
The team from our Arawa office was keen to assist the Bougainville Open Learning Centre, Loloho, with the provision of student chairs and, also metal roofing material to help develop the facilities. BCL’s Peter Garuai and Rizphar Lalai had the pleasure of recently catching up with teacher in charge Jacinta Boana and learning centre chairman […]
The Tama Festival, now in its third year, has become an important highlight on Bougainville’s cultural calendar. BCL is pleased to continue our support for this vibrant event that celebrates tamatama, the renowned local delicacy which sees banana and taro wrapped in banana leaves and cooked in coconut milk over an open fire. Local fundraising […]
The independent Panguna Mine Legacy Impact Assessment (PMLIA) in its Phase 1 report (released in December 2024), identified safety risks associated with geotechnical instability in the slopes of the open pit. Persistent alluvial and small-scale mining (ASM) activities have contributed to these risks along with erosion and water run-off. As a precaution, the Autonomous Bougainville […]
Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) and the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) provided local landowners with a Panguna project update earlier this month. The update session was held at the Panguna Catholic Church and was attended by landowners from the five clans in BCLs EL01 exploration licence area, including the Barapang, Kurabang, Basikang, Bakoringku and Mantaa Clans. BCL’s […]
Our team was pleased to show some support to the Guava Sacred Heart Elementary School in the Panguna project area through the provision of 20 new student desks. At the presentation BCL’s Peter Garuai met with head teacher Clemensia Omana, chairlady Agatha Miriori and Guava chief Linus Miriori. Some of the students were good sports […]
As a local company we appreciate the feedback we get from people across Bougainville, and we are of course very supportive of Bougainville as a whole. This is reflected by the fact that four of our six company directors, including myself, as well as our CEO are all proud Bougainvilleans. We also have 13 full-time […]