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The Vanuatu Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (VFIPA) has identified potential investment opportunities in Santo as it steps up efforts to attract domestic and international investors to provincial economies.
The agency completed an investment profiling mission in Santo, engaging with businesses, private-sector representatives and other stakeholders to assess the island's investment environment and identify opportunities aligned with Vanuatu's Foreign Investment Promotion Strategy 2026–2030.
VFIPA said the exercise would help build a pipeline of credible, investment-ready opp
Kalo Gold Corp. has identified electrum, a naturally occurring gold-silver alloy, in drill core from its Wainikoro prospect within the Vatu Aurum Project in Fiji, providing further insight into the mineralisation and potential drill targets.
The Vancouver-based company said on 29 September that the electrum was identified in 2026 drill core from its 100%-owned project during an MSc research study conducted by Heidi Walton of the Camborne School of Mines at the University of Exeter.
Scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy identified a discrete electrum grain mea
Kumul Petroleum Holdings Ltd has begun a comprehensive review of the Kumul Tower project following concerns over its procurement governance, management arrangements and expenditure exceeding US$120 million (about K500 million).
KPHL Board Chairman Ambassador Isaac Lupari and Acting Managing Director Luke Liria recently inspected the project site, where China State Construction Engineering Company has completed significant excavation, ground stabilisation, piling and foundation works.
However, the board said the inspection raised concerns about the governance of procurement and the project
More than 66,000 people in Papua New Guinea and Bougainville are expected to benefit from two new renewable energy projects under Australia's REnew Pacific programme, which aims to expand access to reliable electricity in remote communities across the Pacific.
Australian Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen announced the three new projects, including a third in Fiji, at a Pre-COP31 event in Fiji this week.
In Papua New Guinea's Oro Province, Sola PayGo and MiBank will deploy pay-as-you-go solar home systems, streetlights and education servers in 19 communities between P
The Solomon Islands Agriculture Rural Transformation (SIART) Project has completed a series of two-day training sessions for pig farmers in South Malaita to improve livestock management, animal health and agribusiness skills.
The training involved members of five agribusiness producer organisations (ABPOs): the Waiasi Piggery Farmers Association, Mamanaha Indigenous Piggery Farmers Association, Apatarau Tribe, Kauhata Piggery Project and Ikoru Raku Farmers Association.
The initiative forms part of SIART's support for rural agricultural enterprises through funding, capacity-building and t
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Australian government have committed $12.85 million to the fifth phase of the Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative (PSDI), aimed at improving business regulations, expanding access to finance and encouraging private sector investment across the Pacific.
In a statement on October 12, ADB said the renewed funding would support reforms designed to make it easier for businesses to start, operate and expand, while addressing emerging challenges involving digitalisation, climate resilience and financial regulation.
The initiative, launched in 2007,
Vanuatu’s government and Royal Caribbean Group have agreed to hold the groundbreaking ceremony for the VT6.5 billion Royal Beach Club Lelepa in November, as the country seeks to expand cruise tourism investment and increase opportunities for local businesses.
Minister of Trade and Commerce Robson Iavro confirmed the planned ceremony following high-level talks with Royal Caribbean executives at the company’s headquarters in Miami, Florida, on Sept. 28.
The meeting advanced discussions on the tourism project, which is being developed on Lelepa Island, north of Efate. The government
Since being signed in October 2025, the ‘U.S.-Australia Framework for Securing Supply in the Mining and Processing of Critical Minerals and Rare Earths’ Framework has gained momentum against the backdrop of intensifying global competition for strategic resources. The initiative reflects a broader structural shift: critical minerals are no longer simply commodities, but are increasingly becoming instruments of economic security, industrial policy and geopolitical leverage.

At its core, the Framework seeks to integrate two resource-rich, politically aligned jurisd
Civil society representatives from across the Pacific have gathered in Tuvalu to develop a stronger collective voice on climate change ahead of Pre-COP31 and the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31).

The Pacific Civil Society Dialogue on Climate Change, held in Funafuti, brings together communities, youth, women, faith-based organizations, traditional leaders and civil society networks to consolidate regional priorities and ensure their perspectives inform the Pacific's climate agenda.

Opening the dialogue, Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Penital
Steamships today marked a significant milestone in its long-term commitment to Bougainville with the groundbreaking ceremony for its new corporate office and accommodation facility in Toniva, Central Bougainville.
The new single-storey modular office and accommodation facility will re-establish Steamships’ permanent presence in Bougainville, providing a local base to support its investment pipeline, develop sustainable partnerships with the people of Bougainville and maintain ongoing engagement with key stakeholders. Construction is expected to be completed by December 2026.
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