Hidden Valley Group, Papua New Guinea: With Morobe JV staff at the Hamata mine, Hidden Valley. From the left: Daniel Pohonu (Morobe JV, PNG); Delilah Magautu (Morobe JV, PNG); Fiona Karaut (Newcrest Mining, PNG); Rohan Dignam (Newmont Asia Pacific, Australia); Russell Manamb (Newmont Asia Pacific, PNG); Noel Hamau (Newmont Asia Pacific, PNG); Greg Morehari (Morobe JV, PNG); Mark Lindsay (Newmont Asia Pacific, Australia); Bob Bell (INV Metals, Canada); Tim Sloan (Newcrest Mining, Australia); xxxxxx (Heron Resources, Australia); Peter Pring (Newmont Asia Pacific, Australia); Russell Dow (Harmony SE Asia, Australia) and Mark Sikim (Morobe JV, PNG). Hamata is the second of the two pits, ~6 km apart, that constitute the Morobe JV's Hidden Valley operation. The group had an opportunity to study the ore and hosts at this deposit also, which was formed at a greater depth than the ore at the main Hidden Valley pit. Photograph by Mike Porter.
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