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Map of Bougainville showing it as part of the Solomon Islands.

Under the rich, black soil of Bougainville lie copper deposits worth close to US$60 billion.

It’s enough copper to create over 4000 jobs in an economy desperate to be free of Papua New Guinea and propel the world’s newest potential nation to the independence it has sought for decades.

In World War II, Japan occupied Bougainville as it extended its sphere of influence into the Pacific, hoping to acquire much needed natural resources. Bloody hand-to-hand combat in sweltering heat, thick mud, and malaria-infested jungle put an end to the . . .

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