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The Resources Industry

The Resources Industry

Explore Papua New Guinea’s mining and petroleum sectors and their economic and social contributions.

Photo: K92 Mining

Data as at 2024

Resource Industry Contributions to PNG

Data as at 202428.3%of gross domestic productSource: PNG EITI 2024 Report, launched 26 March 2026 (section 3.11, printed page 22) (opens in a new tab)
Data as at 202488.3%of total export earningsSource: PNG EITI 2024 Report, launched 26 March 2026 (section 3.11, printed page 22) (opens in a new tab)
Data as at 2024Over one-fifthof total government revenueSource: PNG EITI 2024 Report, launched 26 March 2026 (section 3.11, printed page 22) (opens in a new tab)
Data as at 2024K1.47 billiontransferred to provinces, local-level governments and landowner groupsSource: PNG EITI 2024 Report, launched 26 March 2026 (section 3.5, printed page 18) (opens in a new tab)

Source: PNG EITI 2024 Report, launched 26 March 2026 (section 3.11, printed page 22) (opens in a new tab).

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Miners with underground drilling equipment
Data as at 2019

Mining

Operating mineral projects, the project pipeline and mining tenement information.

A drilling rig at a highlands gas field
Data as at 2019

Petroleum & Energy

Oil and gas projects, key industry players and petroleum tenement information.

An operator at a computer workstation in a plant control room
Data as at 2024

Industry Contributions

Economic and social contributions, with PNG EITI evidence and earlier editions.