Numa Numa Resources Inc. is advancing infrastructure development alongside its resource strategy in 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. The company’s efforts in Bougainville are significant given the region’s history: Bougainville is home to the Panguna Mine, which 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.”
According to Numa Numa, the Panguna Mine still contains the majority of its copper, gold, and silver ore resources, making it one of the largest ore bodies in the world, today worth approximately $100 billion. The company notes that 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 the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, where the company is headquartered and where its management has lived and worked for 10 years. The company’s newsroom provides the latest updates at https://ibn.fm/NUMA.
The full article is available at https://ibn.fm/U82Es. Numa Numa’s approach highlights the importance of infrastructure and community engagement in reviving mining in post-conflict regions.
