Numa Numa Resources Advances Infrastructure Development Alongside Mining in Bougainville

Numa Numa Resources Inc. is advancing infrastructure development alongside its resource strategy in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, positioning roads, renewable energy and community investment as key components of future mining projects. The company is constructing what it says is the first east-west road across Bougainville’s central mining district since before the civil conflict and has been authorized to conduct feasibility studies for a renewable energy-based electric utility to help restore power to the Panguna region. Working with customary landowners, Numa Numa aims to support long-term economic development while advancing a potential copper and gold resource opportunity, reflecting a broader industry trend toward integrating infrastructure, community collaboration and sustainable regional growth.

Bougainville, a resource-rich archipelago in the South Pacific, is perhaps best known as the home of the Panguna Mine. Developed by Rio Tinto, the Panguna Mine was the largest open cut copper and gold mine in the world when it operated from 1972 to 1989 before being shuttered due to a civil war, called “the Crisis,” between Bougainville and its parent government Papua New Guinea. In 2001, the Bougainville Peace Agreement ended the war and awarded Bougainville limited autonomy, including its own constitution, by which ownership of the mine reverted to its customary landowners. A majority of the Panguna Mine’s copper, gold, and silver ore resources remain within its walls, making the fully explored and developed Panguna Mine one of the largest ore bodies in the world, today worth approximately $100 billion. Most geologists who have studied Bougainville believe that other nearby locations such as Mainoki and Karato are highly prospective and may contain ore deposits similar in size and scale to those of the Panguna Mine.

Numa Numa is a mining and infrastructure development company focused on unlocking transformational opportunities in Bougainville, where the company is headquartered and where its management has lived and worked for 10 years. The company’s initiatives are detailed in a full article available at https://ibn.fm/U82Es. For the latest news and updates relating to Numa Numa, visit the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/NUMA.