Lihir
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Lihir can refer to:
- Lihir GroupLihir GroupLihir Group is an island group in Papua New Guinea, located north of New Ireland, at . It is a part of Bismarck Archipelago. Largest island of the group is Lihir , other islands include: Mali, Mahur, Masahet and Sanambiet.- External links :* *...
, an island group in Papua New Guinea - Lihir IslandLihir IslandLihir Island is the largest island in the Lihir group of islands, 22 km long and 14.5 km wide, in Papua New Guinea's New Ireland Province. It consists of a complex of several overlapping basaltic stratovolcanoes rising 700m above sea level. While the volcanoes are not currently active,...
, the main island in the group - Lihir languageLihir languageThe Lihir language is an Austronesian language spoken in the Lihir island group, in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. It is notable for having 5 levels of grammatical number: singular, dual, trial, paucal and plural. It is questionable whether the trial is indeed trial or whether it is...
, an Austronesian language spoken in the Lihir island group - Lihir Gold Ltd.Lihir GoldLihir Gold Limited was a gold mining company with operations in Papua New Guinea, Australia and West Africa.The company, incorporated in Papua New Guinea in June 1995, and named Lihir as its first project was to raise capital to build the Lihir Island gold mine was merged with Newcrest Mining at...
, gold mining company