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The Papua New Guinea government is committed to work with the mining industry to advance key resources projects, including the Frieda River copper/gold project and the Wafi-Golpu gold project, Prime Minister Peter O’Neill said this week. ASX-listed Highlands Pacific and Guangdong Rising Asset Management are developing the Frieda River project, for which a feasibility study is expected before the end of 2015. Print Send to Friend 0 0 The project concept to date has been based on an average processing rate of 30-million tonnes a year, producing on average 125 000 t/y of copper in concentrate and 200 000 oz/y of gold in concentrate over a 20-year mine-life.