{"id":1195043,"date":"2020-07-10T05:49:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T10:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1029347"},"modified":"2020-07-10T05:49:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T10:49:00","slug":"barrick-gold-escalates-dispute-with-png-over-porgera-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1195043","title":{"rendered":"Barrick Gold escalates dispute with PNG over Porgera mine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canada\u2019s Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX) (NYSE: GOLD)&nbsp;has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrick.com\/English\/news\/news-details\/2020\/barrick-serves-notice-of-dispute-over-porgera\/default.aspx\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">served a dispute notice to the Papua New Guinea<\/a>&nbsp;(PNG) government over the country\u2019s refusal to renew a licence for Porgera mine.<\/p>\n<p>The world\u2019s second-largest gold producer said in the document that PNG had violated a bilateral investment treaty with Australia, as well as international law governing foreign investment.<\/p>\n<p>Barrick and its Chinese partner, Zijin Mining,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/papua-new-guinea-lashes-out-at-barrick-for-halting-porgera\/\" >temporarily halted operations<\/a>&nbsp;at the mine in Enga Province late in April. 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