Tools down: Papua New Guinea''s Porgera gold mine starts ...
Barrick Niugini said that, despite the government''s 24 April decision not to extend the company''s special mining lease, it had maintained its Porgera workforce ''on a temporary basis in the hope that the dispute over this decision could be resolved''.. But the President and Chief Executive of Barrick Gold Corporation, Mark Bristow, said this had led to a ''financially untenable ...