Thank you. Finally, someone in the know speaks up. This matter needs to be taken very seriously by the government. It's an overdue task. On the hindsight, the Registered Mine Manager (RMM) is responsible for feeding the Mineral Resources Authority (MRA) with data from the export of gold overseas. MRA then relays the same data to Bank of Papua New Guinea and the Treasury Department which factors that into the annual budget and project economic forecasting for the country. Most RMMs are foreign expatriates appointed by multinational corporations (MNCs) to oversee the production and export of gold overseas. Can we rely on MNCs RMMs ? No. Because they can manipulate data on quality and quantity of gold exports overseas. The same applies to oil and gas industry, too. The government should collaborate with MNCs in appointing RMMs or RMMs should be the sole onus of the government to appoint to track and report geological data on the export of gold overseas. That is where the lifeblood of the country is. Gold is the lifeblood of any country and it should be jealously and fiercely guarded at all costs, even if it means to station military officers at the checkpoints of gold exits with arms to monitor and report data on the exports of gold overseas. Such measure will crackdown on unaccountable data on gold exports. This is an avenue to recoup lost revenue for the state in billions of kina. If executed well, it will alleviate our perpetual fiscal deficits and foreign exchange shortages in the country.
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