And two the highest bidder goes Papua New Guinea's government, mineral rights, and everything else is up for sale in this huge mid-year blowout sale. Over at Malaria, Bedbugs, Sea Lice, and Sunsets (the only blog I read more than mine) a great article about PNG's impending fall.
Somare [the re-elected PM] said he will probably continue granting exploration licenses to mineral and fossil fuel mining companies, 15 of which were issued in the past 5 years.
One of those was to Nautilus Mining.
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