Lihir

Lihir Island is located on a geothermally active extinct volcanic crater. Most of the ore that Lihir produces is refractory and treated using pressure oxidation before the gold is recovered by a conventional leach process.

Location
Niolam Island, 900 km from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Mine Type
Open pit
Metals
Gold
Date of First Production
1997

Lihir: Significant Long-Life Asset

  • Lihir is one of the world’s largest producing gold mines.
  • It creates economic value for PNG and local communities, including direct revenues from operations, investments in public infrastructure and services, support of local suppliers and a range of indirect economic benefits.
  • About 5,100 people are employed at Lihir, which has a combination of residential and fly-in-fly-out personnel.

* June 30, 2023. See cautionary statement.

† Consolidated $/oz

670
Koz
FY23 Gold Production*

(June 23 | $/oz)

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Contact

Newcrest House
Level 4, Hunter Street, Port Moresby
NCD, PO Box 789
T: + 675.321.7711
F: + 675.321.4705