Business Chief APAC+ANZ Magazine February 2016 | Page 68

ERA RESOURCES with local communities in PNG , and all of the company ’ s efforts there are supported by Sir Rabbie Namaliu .
“ Namaliu is a former prime minister of Papua New Guinea and is widely regarded as among the most respected prime ministers in their history . He sits on the company ’ s board of directors and is very actively involved with us in our activities in Papua New Guinea ,” Britz said .
“ He ’ s instrumental in all our
relationship management needs .”
ON THE HORIZON For Era and other mining companies that operate in remote locations , electricity remains one of the biggest challenges . “ There have been a few commercialized developments lately with the government and Exxon Mobile , and we ’ re confident those gas resources will form the basis for cheap electricity in the near future ,” Britz
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