Independent State of Papua New Guinea Mining Act 1992 and Regulation

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Field Value
Sector Mining
Country Papua New Guinea
Year 1992
RGI Edition Year 2017
Topic Contract transparency and monitoring, Licensing and negotiation, Revenue management, Revenue sharing, Subnational governance
Document Type Statute
RGI Sub-component Licensing
RGI Questions 1.1.10a: From 2015 onwards, has the government publicly disclosed signed licences/contracts?,
1.1.3a: Is the government required to set pre-defined criteria by which companies become qualified to participate in a licensing process?,
1.1.4a: From 2015 onwards, did the licensing authority publicly disclose minimum pre-defined criteria by which companies become qualified to participate in licensing processes?,
1.1.3c: Prior to each license process, is the licensing authority required to disclose the rules governing the licensing process, such as auction or negotiation rules?,
1.1.10d: Is the legislature required to ratify licenses/contracts?,
2.2.2a: Do rules specify a formula governing the transfer of extractive resource revenues between the central government and subnational governments?
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Publisher Department of Mining
Author Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Source or API link http://rgi.nrgi-assessment.org/api/public/documents/PNG-2016-MI
Maintainer Natural Resource Governance Institute
Maintainer Email Natural Resource Governance Institute