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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Kirsty Needham

Papua New Guinea PM Marape urges miners to go ahead with projects

FILE PHOTO: Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape arrives to attend APEC Leader's Dialogue with APEC Business Advisory Council during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, November 18, 2022, in Bangkok, Thailand. Lillian Suwanrumpha/Pool via REUTERS

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape on Monday urged mining investors to get on with developing their resources, pushing for more downstream processing in the country and more local employment.

"You must show some progress, I don't want warehousing of licenses," Marape told a conference in Sydney, in comments directed at foreign investors.

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