Papua New Guinea
Strickland River (Fly River Region / Western Province)
As the Strickland River flows fast and free, downstream of the Porgera Mine, many benefits from Porgera are flowing back into Papua New Guinea, particularly into the area surrounding the mine: roads, bridges, schools, education, training and employment.

When mining is over, and the mine is carefully closed, the river will still be there, and so will the roads, and the bridges, and a better educated population.

Some of PNG's most magnificent terrain lies beyond Lake Kopiago towards the Strickland. One gets the sense of entering new and foreign lands, even in this age. It is majestically beautiful, the terrain so rugged that is is frightening.