Panguna landowners demand urgent compensation, urge unity under Toroama
<figure><img width="1024" height="768" src="https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Special-Mining-Lease-Association-Chairman-Philip-Miriori-wants-all-outstanding-compensation-for-landowners-settled.png?w=1024" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Special-Mining-Lease-Association-Chairman-Philip-Miriori-wants-all-outstanding-compensation-for-landowners-settled.png 1890w, https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Special-Mining-Lease-Association-Chairman-Philip-Miriori-wants-all-outstanding-compensation-for-landowners-settled.png?resize=768,576 768w, https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Special-Mining-Lease-Association-Chairman-Philip-Miriori-wants-all-outstanding-compensation-for-landowners-settled.png?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Special-Mining-Lease-Association-Chairman-Philip-Miriori-wants-all-outstanding-compensation-for-landowners-settled.png?resize=1200,900 1200w, https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Special-Mining-Lease-Association-Chairman-Philip-Miriori-wants-all-outstanding-compensation-for-landowners-settled.png?resize=800,600 800w, https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Special-Mining-Lease-Association-Chairman-Philip-Miriori-wants-all-outstanding-compensation-for-landowners-settled.png?resize=600,450 600w, https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Special-Mining-Lease-Association-Chairman-Philip-Miriori-wants-all-outstanding-compensation-for-landowners-settled.png?resize=400,300 400w, https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Special-Mining-Lease-Association-Chairman-Philip-Miriori-wants-all-outstanding-compensation-for-landowners-settled.png?resize=200,150 200w, https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Special-Mining-Lease-Association-Chairman-Philip-Miriori-wants-all-outstanding-compensation-for-landowners-settled.png?resize=1024,768 1024w, https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Special-Mining-Lease-Association-Chairman-Philip-Miriori-wants-all-outstanding-compensation-for-landowners-settled.png?resize=780,585 780w, https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Special-Mining-Lease-Association-Chairman-Philip-Miriori-wants-all-outstanding-compensation-for-landowners-settled.png?resize=300,225 300w, https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Special-Mining-Lease-Association-Chairman-Philip-Miriori-wants-all-outstanding-compensation-for-landowners-settled.png?resize=706,529 706w, https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Special-Mining-Lease-Association-Chairman-Philip-Miriori-wants-all-outstanding-compensation-for-landowners-settled.png?resize=150,112 150w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="705710" data-permalink="https://www.postcourier.com.pg/panguna-landowners-demand-urgent-compensation-urge-unity-under-toroama/special-mining-lease-association-chairman-philip-miriori-wants-all-outstanding-compensation-for-landowners-settled/" data-orig-file="https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Special-Mining-Lease-Association-Chairman-Philip-Miriori-wants-all-outstanding-compensation-for-landowners-settled.png" data-orig-size="1890,1417" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-title="Special Mining Lease Association Chairman Philip Miriori wants all outstanding compensation for landowners settled" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://www.postcourier.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Special-Mining-Lease-Association-Chairman-Philip-Miriori-wants-all-outstanding-compensation-for-landowners-settled.png?w=1890" /></figure> <p>Compensation payments and settlement of long-standing Panguna landowners’ grievances must be delivered urgently, the Special Mining Lease Landowners Association (SMLOLA) declared today, demanding justice for seven affected villages and warning that the wounds of the past cannot be ignored.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.postcourier.com.pg/panguna-landowners-demand-urgent-compensation-urge-unity-under-toroama/">Panguna landowners demand urgent compensation, urge unity under Toroama</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.postcourier.com.pg">Post Courier</a>.</p>