This is part of Community Mine Continuation Agreement (CMCA) Extension Agreements and various compensation and benefit sharing agreements between comminutes, landowners and OTML.
According to the Mining and Petroleum Review (Vol. 4, Issue 3), over K40 million was paid to CMCA communities in August, while K9 million was paid to the Mine Village Development Funds, land lease and general compensation payments in September.
Earlier in the year (April) K15 million was paid out under the Ok Tedi Restated Eight Supplementary Agreement General Compensation to the communities.