Mineral Resources Authority (MRA) FlexiCadastre Papua New Guinea Louie Kawale Mining Management System Administrator Margaret Aulda Senior Technical Assessment Officer Nancy Wafiwa Assessment Geologist
Outline.. MRA and PNG, and what we do (Margaret) How Flexi assists with our regulatory obligation (Nancy) Progress MRA made through Flexi And Challenges Faced since implementation (Louie) On going Developments in FlexiCadastre (Louie) Acknowledgement (Louie, Nancy, Margaret)
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Mineral Resources Authority (MRA) Papua New Guinea MRA The Mineral Resources Authority (MRA) of Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a Government Agency and all functions are executed on behalf of the Government of PNG. The Mineral Resources Authority was established through the enactment of the Mineral Resources Authority Act 2005 by the PNG National Parliament Mining Act 1992 Regulate the Law relating to Minerals and Mining Related purposes in Papua New Guinea
PNG Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (PNGEITI) EITI is a global initiative that promotes transparency of financial flows between companies & government in extractive industry Companies disclose payments made to government; Government to disclose payments made to company PNG was admitted as an EITI compliance country on the 19 of March, after its candidacy application was approved by the EITI International Board. The PNG National Executive Council (Cabinet) approved the implementation of the EITI through the establishment of an EITI National Secretariat Review of mining legislation has included obligations for reporting under the PNGEITI initiative
MRA FlexiCadastre MRA FlexiCadastre ( 29 th May ) Internal Mining Tenement Management System PNG Public Tenement Map Portal (29 th May ) PNG Mining Cadastre Portal (11 th August ) Registered User
FlexiCadastre Implementation & Updates 2 nd in Time applications have been fully resolved Identifying overdue rentals and reports Processing and updating conversion applications records (overdue by 20 years) Updated Exploration and Mining Tenement Status 174 applications were identified in the system as being overdue and have been actioned Generate Accurate and updated Mining Tenement Reports
Tenement Application Report Mining Tenement Applications received for each month from 2010 to 120 100 Number of Applications 80 60 40 20 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2 11 16 13 15 10 12 12 26 8 14 43 182 2013 12 4 26 15 11 4 2 16 5 13 26 5 139 2012 2 4 6 14 39 19 2 20 4 6 5 5 126 2011 3 10 12 15 20 59 14 16 59 16 13 26 263 2010 4 16 21 18 24 8 1 25 19 25 28 13 202
Warden Hearing Report 45 Mining Warden Hearing for 2013 and 40 Warden Hearings 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Jan- 13 Jan- 14 Feb- 13 Feb- 14 Mar -13 Mar -14 Apr- 13 Apr- 14 May -13 May -14 Jun- 13 Jun- 14 Hearing Scheduled 28 26 43 11 31 13 32 19 31 16 13 17 13 21 18 7 19 11 26 15 30 30 18 12 302 198 Hearing Complete 12 22 24 5 9 10 18 11 15 11 9 12 5 18 11 2 8 9 11 8 19 27 7 9 148 144 Hearing Deferred 14 4 14 6 16 3 13 8 12 5 4 5 8 3 5 5 8 2 12 7 11 3 10 3 127 54 Hearing Cancelled 2 0 5 0 6 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 27 0 Jul- 13 Jul- 14 Aug -13 Aug -14 Sep- 13 Sep- 14 Oct- 13 Oct- 14 Nov -13 Nov -14 Dec- 13 Dec- 14 Tota l 201 3 Tota l 201 4
Mining Advisory Council Mining Advisory Council Agenda Items for 2013 and 140 Number of MAC Agenda Items 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 MAC 01 2013 MAC 01 MAC 02 2013 MAC 02 MAC 03 2013 MAC 03 MAC 04 2013 MAC 04 MAC 05 2013 MAC 05 MAC 06 2013 MAC 06 Total Agenda Items 99 98 116 55 79 94 68 69 87 38 70 81 3 Other 75 87 84 35 50 55 45 29 55 13 61 23 1 New Applications 17 4 16 9 18 32 10 31 13 14 5 41 Renewals 7 7 16 11 11 7 13 9 19 11 4 17 2 MAC 07
Mining Tenement Payment Mining Tenement Payments for 2013 and Amount in PGK Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Total 254 470. 292 950. 576 679. 543 790. 334 518. 714 960. 477 571. 385 900. 682 104. 191 700. 263 745. 289 724. 6 332 67 5 008 11 Dealings and Search Fee 0.00 6 100.00 400.00 200.00 1 000.00 5 100.00 900.00 3 200.00 5 800.00 2 300.00 700.00 9 700.00 25 700.0 Renewal Application Fee New Application Fee Late Renewal Application Fee 900 000.00 800 000.00 700 000.00 600 000.00 500 000.00 400 000.00 300 000.00 200 000.00 100 000.00 0.00 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2013 (Jan to Dec) Total (Jan to Dec) 10 000.0 40 250.0 60 000.0 55 000.0 50 000.0 20 000.0 25 000.0 20 000.0 60 000.0 10 000.0 20 000.0 30 000.0 380 750. 400 250. 0.00 5 250.00 10 000.0 20 000.0 25 000.0 30 000.0 35 000.0 20 000.0 32 000.0 11 000.0 10 000.0 6 000.00 215 250. 204 250. 0.00 35 250.0 15 000.0 55 000.0 35 000.0 5 000.00 20 000.0 35 000.0 5 000.00 10 000.0 10 000.0 95 750.0 225 250. Rental Fee 244 470. 206 100. 491 279. 413 590. 223 518. 654 860. 396 671. 345 900. 551 904. 159 900. 221 445. 243 024. 5 631 22 4 152 66 Note: Annual Rent includes any outstanding, prescribed and Advanced Rents
Alluvial Mining Report Alluvial Au and Ag Exported - 2011 to Dec 180 Levy Fees from Export of Alluvial Gold - 2011 to Dec 1.00 Ounces (Oz) in Thousands 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 2011 2012 2013 Alluvial Silver (oz) 36 105.34 53 207.64 44 646.82 48 982.55 Alluvial Gold (oz) 102 770.28 94 305.19 97 587.00 119 846.92 PNG Kina (PGK) in Million 0.90 0.80 0.70 0.60 0.50 0.40 0.30 0.20 0.10 0.00 Levy of 0.25% for Alluvial Gold Export (PGK) 2011 2012 2013 900 671.43 779 591.18 746 122.50 933 488.17
PNG Tenement Public Map Portal http://portal.mra.gov.pg/map Functions Shows Area of Exploration and Mining Activities Provides Active License and Application Details Allow Public to enter coordinates for area of interest
PNG Mining Cadastre Portal https://portal.mra.gov.pg/site Functions Submit Exploration and Mining Reports Do Exploration and Mining Payments (Credits Cards, Submit Prove of Direct Deposit) Update Company and Person Details and Address
On going Developments in FlexiCadastre..Going Forward FLexiCadastre User Registration Portal Flagging Advanced exploration Licenses Monthly Mineral Returns FlexiCadastre Trainings Technical Assessment Templates Submission of Applications online User Demands (View Reports) Other License Types (SML, ML, AML)
With many thanks (acknowledgment). For the funds made available through the WBTAP 2 GoPNG Technical Expertise and Development of Flexi Cadastre