Gold mining major Barrick CEO Mark Bristow on Monday met with the new leader of Papua New Guinea, Prime Minister James Marape, over the extension of the Porgera joint venture’s special mining lease, which expires in two months’ time.
Barrick said in a statement that Bristow and Zijin Mining executive director and senior VP George Fang had reaffirmed their commitment to working with Papua New Guinea to ensure that the Porgera mine continued to operate past August.