Canadian companies abroad: perspective from Papua New Guinea Matilda Koma, Director, Centre for Environmental Research and Development, Papua New Guinea

2. Papua New Guinea 98% of the population is Melanesian Over 800 Indigenous tribal groups About 6 million people 473.189 km² - Total land mass. Democratic Government – member of the common Wealth 1975 – Gained Independence from Australia 85% - PNGeans are subsistence farmers 95-97% - Land is customarily owned by local people. CERD Mining, People & Environment

5. PNG Mining and Petroleum Projects CERD Mining, People & Environment

8. Ownership in the mining projects Kainantu Gold Mine (now closed) 100% BarricK Gold Corporation Misima Mines (now closed) 80% Placer Dome Frieda Copper (sold to Xstrata) Exploration Falconbridge Sol wara Project – Deep Sea Mining 100% Nautilus Ok Tedi Mines 18% Inmet Canada Porgera Mines 95% Barrick Gold Corporation Mining Project in PNG % Ownership Canadian Company CERD Mining, People & Environment

10. Porgera Gold Mine - PNG Mine Pit (Source: 2004 PNG Mining & Petroleum Seminar, Pogera Joint Venture, May 2004) CERD Mining, People & Environment

13. Porgera Gold Mine (Source: 2004 PNG Mining & Petroleum Seminar, Pogera Joint Venture, May 2004) Development Map CERD Mining, People & Environment

17. Locals mining the waste dump (Source: 2004 PNG Mining & Petroleum Seminar, Pogera Joint Venture, May 2004) CERD Mining, People & Environment

21. The Ok Tedi Mine - PNG Source: PNG Sustainable Development program, David Winsink Source: OTML PNGSDP CERD Mining, People & Environment CERD Mining, People & Environment

22. Overburden waste Management Erodable dump sites CERD Mining, People & Environment

23. Environmental Destruction Irreversible Environmental damage and ecological collapse in PNG waters Source: OTML CERD Mining, People & Environment

24. ACID MINE DRAINAGE Ok Tedi River CERD Mining, People & Environment

25. Effects of Mining on Food Security Local food sources at risk CERD Mining, People & Environment

26. Environment created for more mosquitoes and therefore increase in mosquito related illnesses. CERD Mining, People & Environment

27. Flooding due to rise of riverbed caused by deposition of sediments CERD Mining, People & Environment

28. Source: OTML Community Relations office Source: CERD Sedimentation & Navigation CERD Mining, People & Environment

29. Nautilus in PNG and the Pacific CERD Mining, People & Environment

33. Auga 20kM from the mine The confluence of Auga/Angabanga Rivers(Koma & Wolfe, 1996 “ It would be really good if this river never flowed this way again. Or I’d rather have a dry riverbed than a dirty flowing river that only hurts all the time I see it. It is not the fault of the river but those that have made it this way should keep it for themselves.” Words of a youth from Yumu village, Tolukuma. CERD Mining, People & Environment