largest gold mines in Papua New Guinea and Australasia, and is widely regarded as one of the world's top ten producing gold mines. {| class="wikitable" |- align="center" bgcolor="#DAA520" |+Production of the mine | Year| Gold| Silver| | Year| Gold| Silver|- align="center" | 1990 |265,890 ounces |224,227 ounces | | 2000 |910,434 ounces |110,276 ounces |- align="center" | 1991 |1,216,101 ounces |593,312 ounces | | 2001 |760,622 ounces |113,043 ounces |- align="center" | 1992 | 1,485,077 ounces | 139,619 ounces | | 2002 |641,811 ounces |126,772 ounces |- align="center" |1993 |1,156,670 ounces |129,860 ounces | | 2003 |851,920 ounces |164,691 ounces |- align="center" | 1994 |1,032,768 ounces |133,890 ounces | | 2004 |1,019,746 ounces |185,336 ounces |- align="center" | 1995 |848,870 ounces |90,770 ounces | | 2005 |867,925 ounces |157,740 ounces |- align="center" | 1996 |854,822 ounces |106,535 ounces | | 2006 |523,358 ounces |104,238 ounces |- align="center" | 1997 |712,693 ounces |100,479 ounces | | 2007 |513,177 ounces |79,561 ounces |- align="center" | 1998 |726,806 ounces |91,614 ounces | | 2008 |632,603 ounces |90,610 ounces |- align="center" | 1999 |754,754 ounces |100,694 ounces | | 2009 |572,595 ounces |94,764 ounces |- align="center" | rowspan="1" colspan="5" style="text-align: center;" |Total 1990–2009 |16,348,642 ounces|2,938,031 ounces'|} Impact The mine has had a large impact on its immediate local area. While modern health care and education services have been brought to the valley by the mine, and some members of the community have profited from the mine's presence; alcoholism, lawlessness and illegal mining have all increased. In 2022, Canadaland featured journalist Richard Poplak who criticized the mine for providing buildings but not maintenance or staff, analyzing that the modest investment in the local community would not last; Poplak described the community investment as "ghost whok". The town of Pogera was described as "hell" and a "dump ground". Catherine Coumans of MiningWatch Canada spoke about how mountains of dumped tailings blocked passage between communities and polluted rivers. Controversies Civil unrest April – May 2007 On 23 April 2007, local landowner groups protesting over proposed relocation settlements were successful in peacefully halting mining and processing operations at the mine. The suspension lasted for ten days, during which various local landowner clans, PNG government representatives, and PJV mine management eventually agreed on how best to move on."Porgera resumes operations" Post-Courier 3 May 2007 Human rights issues The mine employs its security force, numbering between 400 and 500 persons.