Guangdong Rising Holding Group., Co. Ltd (GRHG)/PanAust
About the company
Guangdong Rising Holding Group., Co. Ltd (GRHG)/PanAust
Guangdong Rising Holding Group Co., Ltd. GRHG is a Chinese state-owned mining company with an Australian subsidiary, PanAust, which has mining licences in Burma. If developed, these mines will provide revenue to the Burmese military now that they control government ministries. It has made no commitment not to develop the mines until there is a democratically elected government and until local people agree with the mines going ahead.
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Pan Aust website accessed April 2022
https://panaust.com.au/history/
Chinese-Backed Firm Granted Massive Copper and Gold Exploration Permit in Myanmar, Irrawaddy, 3rd June 2020
Notified 6th April 2022
Added to the Dirty List 10 May 2022
The Dirty List
The Dirty List names international companies doing business with the military in Burma. The list also includes international companies involved in projects where there are human rights violations or environmental destruction.
In September 2018, the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar, which has been investigating human rights violations in the country, stated:
“The actions of the Tatmadaw (Burmese military) in Kachin, Rakhine and Shan States, in particular in the context of the ‘clearance operations’ in northern Rakhine State in 2016 and 2017, have so seriously violated international law that any engagement in any form with the Tatmadaw, its current leadership, and its businesses, is indefensible.”
A PDF of the full Dirty List is available here.