Bougainville's mine pit poisons its waterways, but some say it's still worth $90 billion | ABC News

Decades ago, one of the biggest gold and copper mines in the world shut down in Bougainville, in Papua New Guinea. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://ab.co/3MM0S8S Its toxic legacy remains in the blue-tinted rivers and poisoned fish surrounding the crater, and locals want Rio Tinto to commit to remediation, saying pollution still affects their daily lives.

But the local government says the mine pit is still worth over $90 billion and wants it re-opened to fund its independence movement.


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