The historical Bougainville/Panguna mine conflict demonstrates that central government support is insufficient without local community support; loss of local support led to project demise and multi-decade non-restart
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Tim CrossleyEvidence Quote
“what happened at banville with the great panguna mine...learning from banville...in PNG...without local support um you will put your project at risk...they certainly had central government support but they didn't have the support of the local people...the power of the local people led to the demise of that project”
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:35:06 PM
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