"PANGUNA MINE LEGACY IMPACT ASSESSMENT: PHASE 1 ASSESSMENT REPORT", November 2024

There are planned to be three phases of the Legacy Impact Assessment: Preparatory Phase, Phase 1 and Phase 2. The Preparatory Phase was completed in March 2022. A scope of work was developed for Phase 1 later in 2022 and the Oversight Committee appointed an independent contractor called Tetra Tech Coffey to complete the work. This is the first comprehensive environmental, social and human rights assessment of the impacts of the Panguna Mine over the last 35 years. Because of this, Phase 1 was planned to focus on the areas of greatest concern and risk to local people now. This included chemicals in rivers, dangerous river crossings, lack of access to clean water, flooding and destruction of land and sacred sites, landslides and unstable levees, food shortages and human health.

This Summary Brochure provides a summary of the results of the Panguna Mine Legacy Impact Assessment Phase 1 Assessment Report. If readers want more detailed information on the outcomes of Phase 1 then they are encouraged to read the full Phase 1 Assessment Report.