Papua New Guinea’s Sepik River communities file human rights complaint against Australian company PanAust over its proposed Gold-Copper mine

Papua New Guinea’s Sepik River communities file human rights complaint against Australian company PanAust over its proposed Gold-Copper mine

Today, 2,638 people from 64 villages along the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea have filed a complaint with the Australian Government against Brisbane-based PanAust Limited, for failing to obtain their consent to the proposed Frieda River Mine. If built, the mine would be the largest ever in Papua New Guinea and among the largest mines in the world

Dismantling the Frieda Mine

Dismantling the Frieda Mine

The united nations, tribes and clans of Avisak assembled to ensure that growing voice is not drowned.  We the united nations of the length and breadth of Avisak are now the voice.   That voice has become our voice, it became us, and it became Project Sepik.