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Wafi-Golpu

Ownership
50% Newcrest
Metals
Gold and Copper
Location
65kms from the city of Lae, Papua New Guinea
Wafi-Golpu is an advanced exploration project
in PNG currently in the permitting phase.

Newcrest and Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Harmony) each currently own 50% of the Wafi-Golpu Project through the Wafi-Golpu Joint Venture (WGJV).  

The WGJV has applied for a Special Mining Lease for the Wafi-Golpu Project and has submitted an Environment Impact Statement to the PNG Government that is undergoing a regulatory review process. 

Deep drilling has identified a world class copper-gold porphyry deposit at Wafi-Golpu (the Golpu deposit) suited to bulk underground mining techniques, similar to Newcrest’s Cadia operations in Australia. 

*The figures represent Newcrest’s 50% share of the Mineral Resource (inclusive of Golpu, Wafi and Nambonga deposits) and Ore Reserve (Golpu) 

Wafi Golpu - village
Wafi Golpu - village
Wafi Golpu - landscape
Wafi Golpu - landscape
Wafi Golpu - landscape
 

Growth opportunities

The Wafi-Golpu Project includes the Golpu copper-gold porphyry deposit, the Nambonga copper-gold porphyry deposit and the Wafi high sulfidation epithermal gold deposit. Exploration activity to date has shown that the Wafi-Golpu tenements host one of the highest-grade porphyry copper systems in south-east Asia (the Golpu deposit).

Sustainability and community

If developed the Wafi-Golpu Project has the potential to make a significant economic and social contribution to Papua New Guinea over a long period. Newcrest’s ongoing commitment to PNG is to develop and operate the Wafi-Golpu Project in a way that is economically viable, environmentally responsible and socially acceptable. 

The WGJV Environmental Impact Statement details the potential social, cultural and environmental impacts of developing and operating the Wafi-Golpu Project, together with proposed management and mitigation planning. The Environmental Impact Statement can be found on the WGJV web page.