<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Approx. 15,000 to 20,000 Bougainvilleans dead </Td> </Tr> <P> The Bougainville Civil War, also known as the Bougainville Conflict, was a multi-layered armed conflict fought from 1988 to 1998 between Papua New Guinea and the secessionist forces of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA), and between the BRA and other armed groups on Bougainville . The conflict is recognised as the largest conflict in Oceania since the end of World War II, with an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 Bougainvilleans dead . </P> <P> Hostilities concluded under the Bougainville Peace Agreement in 1998 . The national government agreed to the founding of the Autonomous Bougainville Government and to certain rights and authorities it would have over what is now known as Bougainville Province, which includes outlying small islands in addition to Bougainville . </P> <P> Lode gold was first discovered on Bougainville in 1930 . The discovery of vast copper ore deposits in the Crown Prince Range on Bougainville Island during the 1960s led to the establishment of the huge Bougainville Copper Mine by the Australian company Conzinc Rio Tinto . The Panguna mine began production in 1972 under the management of Bougainville Copper Ltd, with the government of Papua New Guinea as a 20% shareholder . At the time, the Panguna mine was the largest open cut mine in the world . It produced more than 45% of Papua New Guinea's national export revenue, and was, as such, vitally important to the economy . </P>

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