MRA · CEPA · IPA application specialists
Your business is gold mining. Our business is facilitating you. As PNG's best tribute gold miners, AusNiu brings Australian expertise and operating standards to every MRA and CEPA application, from company registration to licence in hand.
Consultancy packages
Pick the level of support you need. Every package is booked through Contact Us, and prices are starting prices in Papua New Guinea Kina (PGK). We confirm the final scope and fee once we know your project.
Your environment licence application with the Conservation and Environment Protection Authority (CEPA), prepared and lodged.
FromK50,000PGK
Pair it with Package 02 for a complete MRA + CEPA approval path.
Exploration Licence (EL), Alluvial Mining Lease (AML), Mining Lease (ML) and other MRA tenements.
FromK100,000PGK
GPS pegging on site is available at an additional cost. The client covers all travel expenses. Email us to enquire.
From a new business to a granted licence. We do all the heavy lifting, so your company is fully registered and ready to go.
FromK300,000PGK
6–12 months · company registration to licence
We do the heavy lifting. Every registration, certificate, document and follow-up is handled by our team, so your company is fully registered and ready to go.
The client covers all travel expenses for the GPS pegging trip.
Australian standards, delivered in PNG
We bring Australian expertise and operating standards to Papua New Guinea. That is what allows us to deliver faster approvals, cleaner compliance and projects that are fully registered and ready to go.
Sydney headquarters
Operations in PNGHow our consultancy works
This is the full-service journey. Packages 01 and 02 slot into the same process at the application stage.
Contact us with your area, your goals and the package you want. We confirm the scope, the fee and the plan.
Via Contact UsWe register your company with the Investment Promotion Authority with gold mining as its approved business activity, obtain your Foreign Enterprise Certificate if you are not a PNG citizen, and register the company for a Tax Identification Number.
Full serviceWe choose the right tenement (EL, AML or ML), plan the application and map out every legal requirement before anything is lodged.
Package 02 · Full serviceWe audit all mapping and boundary descriptions, then peg the ground with GPS on site. Seven days are included in the full service; the client covers travel expenses.
Package 02 · Full serviceWe prepare and submit complete MRA and CEPA applications, with every document in place, so they move through without delays.
All packagesWe stay on your application with the authorities until your licence comes out.
Full serviceWith your licence granted, we can stay on as your consultant or operator for every stage that follows.
6–12 months
Best MRA application consultants in PNG
Applications are slowed down by missing documents, mapping errors and nobody following up. We remove all three. That is why AusNiu is the name to call for MRA and CEPA applications.
Complete, consistent submissions prepared by specialists, so nothing comes back for corrections.
We check every map and boundary description, and can peg the ground ourselves with GPS.
Your application keeps moving because we stay on it with the authorities until the licence is issued.
Company registration, mining tenement and environment licence handled together, without hand-offs.
Mining consultancy at every stage
We are gold miners first. We run tribute, contract and in-house gold projects ourselves, so our consultancy comes from real operating experience. Whatever stage your project is at, we can step in for a single task or run the whole chain.
We find and assess ground using the MRA cadastre, geology and prior workings to shortlist areas worth applying for.
Field sampling and test work that tells you what the ground really holds before you spend big.
Grades, recovery method, costs and cash-flow models written for banks, investors and regulators.
Company registration, mining tenements and environment licences. Our speciality, with the fastest turnaround in PNG.
Getting people, fuel and the right equipment to remote ground, with shipping, customs and delivery to site.
Method statements, site layout, crew training and running the operation, in-house or under tribute and contract agreements.
Clear written agreements and real benefits for the people whose land and rivers we work on.
Recovery, honest reporting, royalties and tax, and the sale of gold through licensed dealers.
See all 14 project stages on our Mining page →
Photo credits: Leica Flexline TS09 setup at top of Timin Pass, Magarima by Kamaini.wane, CC BY-SA 4.0; Drill cores by Peeter Paaver, CC BY 4.0; Small airstrip landing by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia), CC BY 2.0; Bulolo gold dredge, 1935 (KITLV 402553) by unknown photographer, Leiden University Libraries, CC BY 4.0; The local villagers by gailhampshire, CC BY 2.0. All via Wikimedia Commons, resized and cropped. Adapted CC BY-SA photos are shared under the same licence.
Questions
With our full service, the whole process from company registration to licence typically takes 6 to 12 months. Our applications move fast because they are complete, consistent and audited before they are lodged, and because we follow up until the licence is issued.
The full service includes 7 days of on-site GPS pegging, including travel days. For the MRA application package, GPS pegging can be added at an additional cost. In both cases the client covers all travel expenses. Email us to enquire.
Exploration Licences (EL), Alluvial Mining Leases (AML), Mining Leases (ML) and other MRA tenements, environment licences with CEPA, and business registration with the Investment Promotion Authority (IPA), including the Foreign Enterprise Certificate and the Tax Identification Number (TIN) for your mining company.
Yes. With the full service we register your company with IPA with gold mining as its approved business activity, obtain the Foreign Enterprise Certificate a foreign-owned company needs, and register it for a Tax Identification Number. We do the heavy lifting, so you are fully registered and ready to go.
The prices shown are starting prices in Papua New Guinea Kina (PGK). Once we understand your project we confirm the scope and the fee in writing. Travel expenses for site work are paid by the client.
All packages are booked through Contact Us. Send us your name, the package you want, the province and nearest town or river to the site, and where your project stands. We reply in writing.
Book now
Talk to the gold miners who know the MRA process inside out. All packages are booked via Contact Us.
Or email contact@ausniumining.com
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