Ok Tedi Mining Limited (Ok Tedi) recently celebrated the 40-years relationship with Japan at a formal reception at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo on Japan to embrace and acknowledge the long-standing Japan-PNG collaboration. The intimate event last week was attended by significant individuals including long-term customers, smelter partners and industry players from the Japanese mineral sector. Ok Tedi Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Kedi Ilimbit, expressed pride and appreciation in commemorating the company's longstanding mineral supply partnership with Japan, embracing the value of both enduring collaborators and emerging relationships. “Ok Tedi began with a partnership with Japan which has now developed into an enduring friendship of over 40 years strong. If you want to do business in PNG, Ok Tedi is the natural partner of choice, we look forward to many years of future progress and partnership,” he said. Also speaking at the event evening was the Managing Executive Officer and President of Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (MMC), Nobuhiro Takayanagi, who shared kind words about the successful past and fruitful future between the two companies. “We are proud to be providing MMC and our other smelter partners with a quality, consistent supply, utilizing the vast resources available in PNG,” said Mr. Ilimbit. “We are very thankful for the ongoing support from our pacific neighbors and are glad to help strengthen their mineral security.” Moreover, Ok Tedi General Manager Project Financing, Catherine Costello stated, “PNG and Ok Tedi have much to offer Japan, and Japan is capable of supporting PNG achieve its own development goals.” “This is the first event of this kind Ok Tedi has hosted, and we hope to see this celebration of international collaboration become an annual event,” she said. The celebration is a milestone to Ok Tedi’s progressive relationship with the Mineral Sector of Japan, to promote Papua New Guinea’s mining industry and the opportunities it presents for both national growth and sustainable investment.