The Porgera Gold Mine in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, is owned by the Porgera Joint Venture (PJV). It is operated by Barrick (Niugini) Limited which owns 95 percent participating interest in PJV.

Porgera Gold Mine is the second largest mine in Papua New Guinea and is regarded as one of the world's top ten producing gold mines. In 2009, it produced 572,595 ounces of gold and 94,764 ounces of silver and had 2,500 employees and 500 contractors.

The Porgera Joint Venture is an open pit and underground gold mine located at an altitude of 2,200-2,600 meters in the Enga Province of Papua New Guinea, about 600 kilometers north-west of Port Moresby. Porgera was placed on temporary care and maintenance on April 25, 2020 until December 22, 2023.

The open-pit and underground mines supply both course gold and refractory ore to a processing plant that includes crushing, grinding, gravity recovery, flotation, oxidation (autoclave) and Carbon In Pulp (CIP) circuits to produce a gold dore product and a high grade pyrite concentrate for shipment to offsite refineries and smelters for final ...

2023年12月28日 · In a valley in Papua New Guinea's highlands lies a sprawling mine pit that is filled with untold riches. The enormous open cut and underground mine was shut down four years ago over a dramatic dispute between the operator and the government. But now this slumbering giant is reawakening.

The Porgera operation comprises Open Pit and Underground mining operations. Since the first gold pour in 1990, more than 143 million tonnes of ore has been mined in both the Open Pit and the Underground, producing over 20 million ounces in gold production to date.

2024年4月10日 · Papua New Guinea's government approves a joint military and police operation to crack down on illegal mining and remove "squatters" at Porgera gold mine, just months after the site's grand ...

2020年1月1日 · Porgera is a ~974-metric ton (t) Au, low-sulfidation, alkalic, epithermal gold deposit located in Papua New Guinea. The deposit is spatially associated with 6 Ma stocks of the mafic alkalic Porgera Intrusive Complex, which were emplaced within Cretaceous carbonaceous mudstones in a transpressional orogenic setting linked to continent-island arc ...

Porgera Gold Mine is one of the largest and most famous gold mines in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Located in the highlands of Enga Province, the mine has been operational for decades and has contributed significantly to the local and national economy.

2024年1月29日 · New Porgera Limited (NPL) is pleased to announce that the restart of Porgera is progressing well and is on track. First gold production is expected to be achieved in Q1 2024, as planned, subject to the Highlands Highway continuing to remain open and no further vandalism of project infrastructure.