Armed BRA militants guarding the street to the Panguna Copper Mine on the Island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, PNG

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Armed Rebels guarding the street to the Panguna Copper Mine on the Island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. The mine closed in 1989 as a result of sabotage by the Bougainville Revolutionary Army and associated forces which sought Bougainville's secession from Papua New Guinea and an end to the mining on environmental grounds.

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Size: 3471px × 5206px
Location: Panguna, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea
Photo credit: © Friedrich Stark / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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