Papua New Guinea showcased investment opportunities across its mining sector at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Convention held from March 1 to 4 in Toronto, drawing strong interest from global investors while signalling support for reforms to modernise the country’s mining framework. The PNG CORE Investor Briefing, a side...

Air Niugini has launched a companywide Customer Experience Transformation (CXT) programme aimed at improving service standards and positioning the national carrier for a higher international airline rating. The initiative was introduced during the airline’s first staff town hall of 2026 held last Friday in Port Moresby, which also marked the formal wel...

Ok Tedi Mining Limited (Ok Tedi) has reaffirmed its commitment to workplace safety as it observes National Mine Safety Week from March 1 to 7, emphasizing the importance of strong safety systems and a culture that prioritizes the protection of workers. Under the theme “Building and Sustaining an Effective Safety System and Culture,” the company is enco...

Papua New Guinea’s economy is forecast to expand by 4.6 percent in 2026, with prospects shaped by its recent grey listing by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the anticipated Final Investment Decision (FID) on the US$13–14 billion Papua LNG project later this year, according to Westpac’s Westpac Wailis: PNG Economic Update and Outlook (February 2...

Ok Tedi Mining Limited (Ok Tedi) has reinforced its long-standing partnership with the University of Papua New Guinea by donating three geological specimen boards to the Earth Sciences Division of the School of Natural and Physical Sciences. The boards, containing representative rock and mineralised samples from the Ok Tedi porphyry system and surround...

On the sidelines of the 2026 Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Investment Convention in Toronto, Canada, Papua New Guinea’s Minister for Mining Solen Loifa, MP, announced a sweeping suite of regulatory and institutional reforms designed to transform PNG into the Asia-Pacific region’s most conducive destination for mining investment...

PNG Air wishes to advise the public and all valued customers that we are currently undertaking a comprehensive risk assessment in Wewak following recent developments affecting operations in the area. The safety and wellbeing of our passengers, crew and ground personnel remain our highest priority. As part of our standard operational procedures, PNG Air...

PNG Air advises the general public that all flights to and from Wewak have been cancelled until further notice following a serious break and enter incident at Boram Airport, Wewak. The incident resulted in significant damage to terminal facilities, including the destruction of critical infrastructure and the loss of valuable computer equipment and esse...

Misima Minerals Limited, a subsidiary of Ok Tedi Mining Limited, has taken a major step forward in the redevelopment of the Misima Project with the successful arrival of a vessel carrying the first machinery and equipment to commence work on Misima Island on 23 February 2026. The arrival of the initial mobile equipment fleet — comprising earth-moving m...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $60.9 million loan to improve water supply and sanitation in urban communities in Port Moresby and Vanimo, Papua New Guinea (PNG). ADB’s financing includes a $30 million regular ordinary capital resources loan and a $30.9 million concessional ordinary capital resources loan. The Government of PNG will pro...

Great Pacific Gold Corp. has mobilised a second diamond drill rig to its flagship Wild Dog Project in Papua New Guinea, with drilling now under way at the Kasie Ridge epithermal gold-copper target. The Canadian-listed company said the second rig has commenced drilling at Kasie Ridge, marking the first drill programme ever undertaken at the prospect, lo...

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Superannuation Fund (Nasfund), Rajeev Sharma, on 20 February announced the appointment of Christopher Elphick as Chairman of the Nasfund Board of Directors, effective January 2026. Sharma said, “On behalf of the Fund, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Christopher Elphick as Chairman of the Board. Ch...

Pacific Towing (PacTow), a leading provider of marine services in the Pacific region, has significantly enhanced its towage capability in the Solomon Islands with the return of Tug Kavachi following a major dry-docking and refurbishment program in Singapore valued at SBD 8 million. Tug Kavachi, a Solomon Islands-flagged vessel managed and operated by a...

A 100-kilowatt solar mini-grid has been commissioned at Kanabea Rural Health Centre in Gulf Province, delivering round-the-clock electricity to one of the country’s most isolated communities after a logistics operation that required 31 helicopter lifts and nearly 22 tonnes of equipment. Operational since September 2025, the system powers the rural heal...

OFC Tech Solutions welcomes Colin Edgar, a representative of its global partner Enghouse Interactive, for a strategic partner visit aimed at strengthening enterprise communication and customer experience solutions across Papua New Guinea. The visit reinforces the growing collaboration between Enghouse Interactive and OFC Tech Solutions, focused on deli...

Great Pacific Gold Corp. has unveiled a significant high-grade epithermal gold-copper vein discovery at its Wild Dog Project in the East New Britain province of Papua New Guinea (PNG), reinforcing its interpretation of repeated mineralisation along the project’s 15-kilometre structural corridor. The news, announced on 19 February 2026, follows ongoing fie...