The first day of the three-day event saw heavyweights from the resource industry arrive in to fill the Hilton Hotel in Sydney. Amongst them were representatives from the government, including Prime Minister Peter O?Neill and Treasurer Patrick Pruaitch.
Prime Minister O?Neill, while giving his keynote speech, spoke about the role of the government in ensuring investor confidence is not undermined by political issues.
He urged current and future investors to maintain confidence and assured that the government will, in their part, pursue policies consistently and with certainty. In an interview with Resource PNG following his keynote address, the Prime Minister spoke about projects he would like to see develop in the near future.
The consensus after the first day of the conference is that the PNG mining industry is addressing these changing conditions and significant progress is being made in response to the new environment.
