There's been community outrage in Papua New Guinea's Bougainville region at the local government's new mining plan.
The autonomous government of Bougainville is planning to re-open the long shut Panguna copper mine and operate it with a company majority owned by Bougainville.
It is expected to pass amendments to the Mining Act to accommodate the Australian investor who will jointly own Bougainville Advance Mining.
Johnny Blades has been following the reaction to this development in Bougainville.
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