Welcome to Lihir

Trupla Lihir Programme | Permanent Employee|Contractor

 Welcome

Hi and welcome to Newcrest’s Trupla Lihir Induction Programme.

We look forward to your arrival and we hope you enjoy the beginning of your journey
with us!

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What to expect

The Trupla Lihir Induction programme is an integrated e-learning

programme that can be completed at any time of the day.

The programme is divided into shorter chapters. In order to

successfully complete each chapter, you will be required to complete
an assessment upon conclusion of each of the segments.

You will need to successfully answer all the questions in order to

complete the programme.

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Main Objectives

Familiarise you with the company and the site

Provide you with context about the culture at Lihir

Describe the behaviours that are expected of you in the workplace,

towards the community and the environment and in the use of company
resources

Provide you with detail on safe behaviours and the identification of

hazards on site

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Our Business
Our Aspirations
Learning Objectives: Our Business

Describe Newcrest’s mission, vision, strategy

and values

Recognise important cultural practices and areas

of significance in Lihir
Our Business

Our Vision To be the Miner of ChoiceTM

for our people, shareholders,
host communities, partners
What we want to achieve and suppliers
Our Business

To safely deliver superior

Our Mission returns to our stakeholders
from finding, developing and
operating gold/copper mines

The business we are in and

our business purpose
Our Business

Caring about people

Integrity and honesty

Our Values
Working together

The guiding principles that

underpin all activities
Innovation & problem solving

High performance
Our Business

Value our people

Our Strategy Maximize operating performance

by safely operating our assets to
their full potential
Prioritise the importance of
safety and sustainability
Embrace technology and
innovation
 History: Lihir and New Ireland Province

Lihir exists within a wider network in New Ireland Province of trade

through exchange and marriage
 History: Putput 1980

Before the mine Now

• Note the changes to the landscape, and the pre-mining level of development in Putput
• The small settlement in the ‘before the mine’ image (where the plant site is now
located) was relocated to make way for the mine.
 Lihir Culture: Men’s Houses

Men’s houses are known in Lihirian as

rihri or hausboi in Tok Pisin and are
the centrepiece of Lihirian culture

• Traditional male leadership is based

within the men’s house
• Deceased clan members are buried
within the confines of the men’s house
• Traditional knowledge is taught in the
men’s house

• Important ceremonial feasts and

exchanges are regularly performed
inside the men’s house
• They are a place for providing hospitality
to guests

Women are not permitted to enter a

NB men’s house unless they belong to
the clan who owns the men’s house
Lihir Culture: Sacred Sites

Sacred Sites are normally associated with a powerful spiritual being, known as a
tandal or masalai

• There are many different types of sacred sites in Lihir

• Each clan has their own spirit being and sacred sites, which are a traditional source
of power for the clan

Examples of Sacred Sites are:

Men’s houses Restricted or taboo

Cemeteries Ailaya Rock
(rihri or hausboi) areas (mok)
Lihir Culture: The Gorgor

The Gorgor is a traditional

Lihirian taboo marker made
from a ginger plant.

It serves two key purposes:

1. Traditional dispute handling

mechanism
2. Symbol to indicate that
something, or an area, is
restricted or taboo

The Gorgor is common to many

coastal communities throughout
Gorgor placed around a coconut Melanesia and the wider Pacific
trunk symbolising a taboo marker region.
Lihir Culture: The Gorgor

Newcrest’s position on the use of the

Gorgor:

• The Mineral Resources authority (the state

regulator of the mining industry) issued a
public notice that the gorgor is illegal under
the PNG Mining Act

• Newcrest respects the gorgor but does not

endorse it

• Newcrest is expected to continue to

operate the plant and mine at a minimum
rate so as not to put people at risk in
accordance with the PNG Mine Safety Act
Lihir Culture: The Gorgor

What do you do when you see a Gorgor?

Do not touch or remove

Report it immediately to your Supervisor or Manager

Community Relations team will discuss and resolve with

customary owner
Policies and Standards

In working to maintain our Social Licence

to Operate we are guided by international
standards (ICMM) that shape our
corporate policies and standards.

These standards can be found on the

Newcrest website and portal and include:

➢ The Lihir Environment Community

Policy

➢ The Newcrest Social Performance

Standards

All other agreements will be

covered in CAT 2 training on
Social Awareness
Examples of Community Projects &
Programmes

Community Water Supply

Community VDS House Community Sealed Roads

Summary

Our vision is to be the

The Gorgor is a way to
Miner of ChoiceTM for
resolve conflict or a
our people,
symbol to indicate that
shareholders, host
something, or an area, is
communities, partners
restricted or taboo
and suppliers

Our Social Licence to Our Values is the

Operate does shape guiding principles
our corporate policies that underpin all
and standards activities