Far out in the South Pacific, there is an island small in size but gargantuan in its mineral wealth. Bougainville, nearly as ...

Heading to the Southwest Pacific with the 30th Engineers, Bud found excitement in mapping the islands and continuing to collect for the museum. The University of Colorado Museum of Natural History’s ...

A class action against Rio Tinto has been filed in a Papua New Guinea court in relation to a long-shuttered copper mine that it offloaded in 2016 and was at the center of a decadelong civil war.

Far out in the South Pacific, there’s a tropical island called Bougainville. Its people are devoutly Catholic — with a twist. Many revere the Virgin Mary almost as much as her son, Jesus. Women are ...

THE PORTILLO EXPEDITION: MYSTERY ON BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND examines the circumstances surrounding the death of Isoroku Yamamoto – the Japanese WWII Admiral who planned the Pearl Harbor surprise ...

Island Passage Exploration Ltd says its Bougainville subsidiary, Isina Resource Holdings Ltd, has secured the exploration.

The island in question is Bougainville, which is around the same size as Hawaii’s main island and is home to around 300,000 people. Along with Buka, the island is geographically part of the ...

In presenting the EL02 extension licence, ABG President and Minister for Mining Hon. Ishmael Toroama congratulated IRHL on the renewal and noted the focus of the company in fostering strong local ...

The Diocese of Bougainville has generously donated 200 10kg bags of Skel Rice to the Directorate of Disaster & Emergency, the ...

On Saturday, crew members of the USS Bougainville and others gathered on Singing River Island just across the water from Ingalls Shipbuilding to honor Alfred Lewis, of Moss Point, one of the last ...

The guerrillas relay the belief that they fight to defend their independence and preserve the local environment on the island of Bougainville.