Bougainville independence could revive one of world’s biggest copper mines
Panguna has an estimated 5.3 million tones of copper and 19.3 million ounces of gold, which would make the reserves worth about $60 billion at today’s prices.
Amanda’s print stories have been published with the Investing News Network, Financial News Media, BC Business Magazine, the Village Voice, The Globe and Mail, Ottawa Business Journal, CBCNews.ca, Global News and the Vancouver Sun, among others. She has served as an Associate Producer for CBC National Radio and TV and as a researcher at Omni Films. She has a Master’s degree in journalism from the University of British Columbia. In 2009, she received the Rafe Mair Award for excellence in public service journalism, and in 2020 a Ma Murray Gold Award for special publications.