Cosmicore
Benefits & Shareholding Structure
Cosmicore’s approach to shareholding and benefits is built on the principle of empowering landowners and local communities, ensuring that they are not only participants in resource development but also equity holders in the prosperity that is created from their land. This structure is designed to align with our vision of promoting sustainable development, economic empowerment, and community ownership in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Shareholding Structure
Cosmicore operates a landowner-centered shareholding model, which is designed to ensure that the primary beneficiaries of our projects are the customary landowners whose resources are being developed.
The shareholding structure is as follows:
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Landowner Groups & Customary Landowners
- Ownership & Equity Participation: Customary landowners are given the opportunity to own shares in the projects developed on their land. This ensures that they benefit directly from the financial returns generated by resource extraction, infrastructure development, and other economic activities associated with the projects.
- Shares in Joint Ventures: Landowners are encouraged to participate in joint ventures with Cosmicore, which allows them to hold equity in the broader company and specific project ventures. This equity structure gives landowners a stake in the long-term success of the project, enabling them to share in both the risks and rewards of development.
- Equity-Based Wealth Creation: Through the shareholding structure, landowners are positioned to create intergenerational wealth, ensuring that the next generation of customary landowners benefits from the resources on their land.
- Distribution of Profits: The profits generated by resource projects are distributed among landowners according to their equity stake, ensuring that landowners receive a fair share of the returns in addition to receiving royalties from resource extraction.
Cosmicore’s Parent Company
- Cosmicore Pty Ltd (Australia) retains a majority shareholding in the parent company. This ensures governance oversight, operational efficiency, and financial stability while giving local landowners significant participation and influence in the development and management of projects.
- Cosmicore PNG Limited (the operational subsidiary) works closely with landowners and local stakeholders to facilitate the day-to-day management of projects, ensuring their alignment with local customs, laws, and community needs.
Strategic Investors
- Partnership with Global Investors: Cosmicore is open to strategic investment from international partners who are aligned with our vision of sustainable resource development and community empowerment. Investors can participate through equity investment, joint ventures, or project financing.
- Private Equity and Institutional Investors: Cosmicore offers equity stakes to private equity firms and institutional investors who wish to participate in large-scale infrastructure and resource development projects. These investors provide the capital necessary to drive development while benefiting from the financial returns associated with successful projects.
Public Listing Plans
- Stock Exchange Listing (ASX & PNG): As part of Cosmicore’s long-term growth strategy, we are considering a public listing on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and the Papua New Guinea Stock Exchange (PNGX). This will allow for a broader pool of investors to buy shares in the company, further capitalizing on the growth and opportunities in PNG’s resource sector.
- Landowner Access to Public Shares: Once listed, we plan to offer customary landowners and local communities the opportunity to purchase additional shares, allowing them to increase their ownership stake and share in the company’s growth. This ensures that landowners remain stakeholders in the long-term success of the projects.
Governance & Shareholder Rights
- Landowner Involvement in Governance: Landowners have the right to be involved in decision-making processes through their shareholding. Cosmicore ensures that landowner representatives sit on project committees and participate in governance meetings, providing them with a voice in the management of projects.
- Transparency & Accountability: Shareholders, including landowners, have access to regular updates on company performance, financial results, and project progress. Cosmicore maintains transparency in all its operations, ensuring that stakeholders are informed and confident in the company’s leadership.
- Legal Protection & Rights: Cosmicore provides landowners with legally binding agreements that protect their rights and ensure they are fairly compensated for their land and resources. We work to ensure that all agreements are structured to protect landowner interests and allow for ongoing participation in the benefits of resource development.
By creating a shareholding model centered on landowners, Cosmicore offers a sustainable, transparent, and empowering approach to resource development in Papua New Guinea. This model ensures that landowners not only benefit financially but also have a lasting influence on the future of their land and communities.
Benefits for Landowners and Local Communities
Economic Empowerment
Wealth Sharing: Through equity participation, landowners directly benefit from the success of the projects on their land. The shareholding model allows for the distribution of profits, royalties, and dividends, creating long-term wealth for the local communities.
Job Creation: The development of infrastructure, mining projects, and resource extraction operations creates direct and indirect job opportunities for landowners. From construction to operations, landowners are given preference for employment, training, and management roles within the projects.
Capacity Building: Cosmicore is committed to providing education, training, and development opportunities for landowners to ensure they have the skills to manage their shareholding and participate in governance structures. This includes work-study programs, technical training, and capacity-building initiatives in partnership with educational institutions and international partners.
Access to Global Markets
International Partnerships: Through strategic partnerships with global investors, Cosmicore ensures that local landowners are connected to international markets. This gives landowners access to the global supply chain, increasing the demand for PNG resources and providing better pricing and sales channels.
Technological Advancements: Cosmicore integrates cutting-edge technology and systems into all its projects, ensuring that local communities benefit from world-class infrastructure and management systems. Landowners gain access to these innovations, which can be applied to improve their agricultural, business, and social outcomes.
Social Development
Community-Based Projects: The benefits of the shareholding structure extend beyond financial wealth. Cosmicore invests in infrastructure projects that directly impact landowners and their communities, such as roads, schools, health clinics, and water facilities.
Improved Education: With the development of education pipelines, landowners and their families have access to international education opportunities in Australia, New Zealand, and other regions. This enables the next generation of landowners to receive high-quality education, improving employment opportunities and economic outcomes.
Health and Welfare: Cosmicore is committed to improving the overall welfare of landowners, with a focus on healthcare services, clean water access, and the construction of health facilities. We ensure that the proceeds from our projects are used to uplift the community's living standards.
Environmental Stewardship
Sustainable Development: Cosmicore’s commitment to sustainable development ensures that natural resources are extracted responsibly, with minimal impact on the environment. By adhering to strict environmental standards, we work to protect PNG’s rich biodiversity and ensure the long-term sustainability of the land for future generations.
Carbon Offset Initiatives: We are exploring opportunities to invest in carbon offset projects and integrate renewable energy into our operations, ensuring that we are contributing to the global efforts to combat climate change.
Five-Year Plans – Flexible, Responsive, and Impact-Driven
At Cosmicore, every mining site under our operational umbrella—whether large-scale or alluvial—will develop its own bespoke Five-Year Strategic Plan. These plans are living frameworks designed to be flexible and responsive to the realities of local communities, natural environments, resource availability, and national development objectives.
Localised Design with Global Alignment
Each plan will be crafted in consultation with landowners, local leaders, provincial governments, and key stakeholders, ensuring alignment with:
- The Three Global Sustainability Pillars:
- People – Community development, local employment, and safety.
- Planet – Environmental stewardship and biodiversity preservation.
- Performance – Economic value creation, transparency, and innovation.
- Global Stretch Goals:
- Zero harm operations.
- 100% local workforce in five years.
- Net-zero emissions across sites.
- 10x return on community investment.
- Establishment of education and skills pipelines from mining sites to technical schools in Australia.
Deeper Integration with Cosmicore’s National Vision
As part of the larger Cosmicore Vision to rebuild Papua New Guinea from the grassroots up, these five-year plans go beyond standard mining operations. They aim to transform each mining site into a development hub.
Customary Landowner Empowerment Model
- Every site plan will embed a shared ownership and governance framework with customary landowners through directorships, equity distribution, and management training.
- Landowners will be transitioned from passive royalty recipients to active shareholders and operators.
Education, Training, and Workforce Development
- Mining sites will include targets to build on-site training facilities or link to regional hubs for engineering, trades, and mining education.
- Programs will focus on sending PNG youth to study in Australian TAFEs and technical colleges under Cosmicore scholarship pathways.
Infrastructure and Economic Clusters
- Each plan will identify and invest in critical enabling infrastructure, such as access roads, bridges, river transport terminals, solar power stations, and communication towers (Starlink-supported).
- Mining activities will drive micro-economies, enabling growth in agriculture, services, and SME sectors in surrounding areas.
Environmental and Cultural Sustainability
- All sites will follow responsible rehabilitation frameworks, ensuring land is returned to productive use.
- Sacred sites and traditional knowledge will be integrated into exploration, site layout, and community consultation protocols.
- Plans include water management systems, solar integration, waste reduction, and biodiversity offsetting projects.
Strategic Reporting and Adaptive Planning
- A key part of the five-year planning is annual review cycles, supported by real-time drone mapping, GIS data, and performance dashboards.
- Adaptive planning will allow each mining operation to pivot in response to commodity price fluctuations, regulatory changes, or environmental emergencies.
Beyond Mining
A Nation Building Framework
Each five-year site plan is a microcosm of Cosmicore’s larger blueprint for transforming PNG. It ensures that mining becomes the catalyst for:
- Sustainable communities
- Modern infrastructure
- Skills transfer
- Financial independence for Papua New Guineans
For detailed frameworks, templates, or a direct briefing on how Cosmicore is revolutionising the resource sector through the Sustainable Mining Plan, please get in touch.