哥伦比亚国内金矿争夺（将诞生的新大陆）

SMM5月8日讯：当新的地形开放时，便意味着新的机遇本周，布干维尔岛宣布对外开放新业务——提供拥有世界级一流矿产资源的地面，下面我们就来聊聊关于哥伦比亚国内金矿争夺?接下来我们就一起去了解一下吧!

哥伦比亚国内金矿争夺

SMM5月8日讯：当新的地形开放时，便意味着新的机遇。本周，布干维尔岛宣布对外开放新业务——提供拥有世界级一流矿产资源的地面。

布干维尔岛是一个面积9,300平方公里的岛屿，曾是巴布亚新几内亚东部的一部分。谷歌地图视图如下：

布干维尔岛如今是巴布亚新几内亚东部的新自治领土。

与巴布亚新几内亚不同，自1971年起，布干维尔将所有新采矿和勘探项目“拒之门外”，持续至今已近46年。部分缘由该地区20世纪90年代以来持续的政治冲突，同时也因历史上对采矿行业所存隐患的担忧。

但如今，地方政府迫切改变现状。总统John Momis在本周发布的一份声明中表示，他已经取消了禁矿措施，并欢迎世界各地的投资商对本地矿业展开新投资。

但目前该地区矿业涉及范围并不大，布干维尔可能对勘探公司更感兴趣，因该国目前拥有的一个矿山，或表明其存在铜和黄金的矿产资源潜力。

现存矿山即Panguna矿山，由里约热内卢于20世纪70年代开发而成，其初始矿产资源量近10亿吨，其中包含0.5%的铜矿以及0.6克/吨的黄金。

1989年该矿井因政治动荡被停，在此之前其一直是主要生产地。在此之后，矿业资产又成为备受争议的资产，当地居民表示，他们既没有从中获得足够的利润，又遭受着采矿业带来的环境破坏。

根据布干维尔政府的说法，Panguna矿井自那时以来一直处于休眠状态，并且今后也不会被允许开采。但岛屿的其它地区仍可使用，或可开辟一些其它目标，比如用于开发斑岩矿床。

所有这一切均由于布干维尔正加紧发展步伐，独立成为一个新国家，其计划在2020年对完全自主权进行投票表决。谁将首先接受政府的邀请函，开始新的勘探旅程？后续的相关条款与许可条件又将如何进展？SMM会跟进后续报道，敬请期待。

总之，这里的确又诞生了一个新大陆。

（上海有色网 许慧梅翻译）

原文如下;

This Brand New Nation Is GEaring Up For Mineral Exploration

Big oPPortunities come when new terrains open for exploration. And this week, one of the world’s newest countries declared itself open for business — offering up ground that already holds some world-class mineral finds.

The place is Bougainville. A 9,300 square-kilometer island, formerly part of eastern Papua New Guinea — GOOGle Earth view below.

Bougainville is a newly-autonomous territory in eastern Papua New Guinea

Unlike Papua New Guinea, Bougainville has been closed to new mining and exploration projects for a full 46 years, since 1971. Partly beCAuse of political conflict in the region during the 1980s — and also due to conCERNs over mining activities that historically took place on the island.

But the local government now wants to change that. With president John Momis saying in a statement this week that he has lifted the moratorium, and welcomes new investment in mining.

The area involved here isn’t huge. But Bougainville will likely be of interest for exploration firms — because of the one mine the country does hold, which demonstrates major potential for copper and GOLD.

That’s the Panguna mine. Which was developed here in the 1970s by Rio Tinto — and contained an initial resource of nearly a billion tonnes at 0.5 percent copper and 0.6 g/t gold.

The mine was a major producer until it was shut down in 1989 due to political unrest. Afterward it became a contentious asset — with Bougainville residents saying they didn’t get enough of the profits, and that they suffered environmental damage from the mine.

The mine has lain dormant since, and won’t be included for licensing, according to the Bougainville government. But the rest of the island is now available — potentially opening up some targets for similar, major porphyry deposits.

All of this comes as Bougainville is gearing up to become the world’s newest nation. With a vote on full autonomy EXPEcted in 2020. Watch to see who will take up the government’s invitation to start exploring — and what the terms and licensing conditions will be.

Here’s to green fields.

By Dave Forest

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