Panguna mine

The Panguna mine is a large, inactive copper mine located in , , formerly operated by Bougainville Copper Ltd. Panguna represents one of the largest copper reserves in and in the world, having an estimated remaining reserve of 5.3 billion tonnes of ore copper and almost 20 million ounces of gold.
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  • Type: Quarry
  • Description: Copper mine in Papua New Guinea (Bougainville Island)
  • Also known as: “Panguna Mine” and “Panguna open pit”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Panguna.

Village
is a town in the south-central interior of , an of . It was founded as a mining town by Bougainville Copper, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, to house miners from the nearby copper mine.

Panguna mine

Latitude
-6.3142° or 6° 18′ 51″ south
Longitude
155.49406° or 155° 29′ 39″ east
Inception
1972
Operator
Bougainville Copper Limited
Open location code
6R5QMFPV+8J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 944789409
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
Wiki­data ID
Q17060798
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In Other Languages

From Bosnian to Tok Pisin—“Panguna mine” goes by many names.
  • Bosnian: “Rudnik ‘Panguna’”
  • Bosnian: “Rudnik Panguna”
  • Czech: “Důl Panguna”
  • French: “mine Panguna”
  • French: “Mine Panguna”
  • Indonesian: “Tambang Panguna”
  • Japanese: “パングナ鉱山”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Panguna-gruven”
  • Norwegian: “Panguna-gruven”
  • Romanian: “Mina Panguna”
  • Tok Pisin: “Panguna”

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