Frieda River Limited (FRL) is committed to enhancing the lives of Papua New Guineans as it works to finalise its Frieda River copper-gold project.
The miner has been a steadfast supporter of promoting health in PNG, recently sponsoring a suite of specialised plastic surgery equipment to enhance the country’s 2025 plastic and reconstructive surgery program.
The equipment includes nerve and cleft palate trays which comprise of microsurgical instruments used in the delicate repair of cleft lips and palates. These repair procedures can help to improve an individual’s speech, feeding and mobility.
“The specialised equipment is difficult to procure, therefore we are very grateful for the assistance of Frieda River Limited and PanAust [FRL’s parent company],” Port Moresby General Hospital head of plastic and reconstructive surgery Dr Jackson Nuli said.
“Many children, men, and women will benefit from this important surgical equipment.”
Nuli will join a team of Australian surgical volunteers from Interplast this month, heading to Wewark to conduct free consultations, perform surgeries and train new PNG-based surgeons, nurses and anaesthetic staff.
“We at Frieda River Limited and PanAust are humbled to contribute to making a difference in someone’s life,” FRL country manager Joel Hamago said.
“Seeing children, men and women live enhanced lives because of reconstructive surgery is the kind of humanitarian benefit our proposed Sepik development project is keen to bring to the Sepik provinces and PNG.
“The Sepik development project will be developed with the utmost respect and care for the ecosystem of the remote Sepik. That’s our commitment to the people and governments of the two Sepik provinces and PNG.”
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