UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

August 30, 2010

Commission File No. 000-26860

LIHIR GOLD LIMITED

Level 7, Pacific Place
Cnr Champion Parade & Musgrave Street
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
(Address of principal executive offices)

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorised.

LIHIR GOLD LIMITED ~~By: /s/ Stuart MacKenzie Name Stuart MacKenzie Title: Group Secretary~~

~~Date~~By: ~~August 30,~~Name ~~2010~~ Stuart MacKenzie Title: Group Secretary

30Date: ~~August~~ September 6 2010

~~Suspension~~6 ~~of trading in LGL’s American Depositary Share program~~September 2010

~~Lihir~~Newcrest ~~Gold Limited (“LGL”) today announced that trading on NASDAQ in LGL’s American Depositary~~VWAP Shares (represented by American Depositary Receipts or “ADRs”) will be suspended prior to the opening of trading on Monday, 30 August 2010 (New York time) and that LGL intends to withdraw the listing of the ADRs and the underlying ordinary shares from NASDAQ. This follows the suspension of trading of LGL ordinary shares on the Australian Securities Exchange (“ASX”) and the Port Moresby Stock Exchange (“POMSoX”) from close of trading today, Monday, 30 August 2010 (Australian time).

~~These~~Lihir ~~are~~Gold ~~further~~Ltd ~~steps in implementing the merger of LGL with Newcrest Mining Limited~~ (“~~Newcrest~~LGL”), ~~which~~advises ~~was~~that ~~approved~~for bythe purpose of calculating the ~~majority~~entitlements of LGL’s shareholders atwho ~~the~~elected ~~Scheme~~‘Maximum ~~meeting~~Share ~~held on~~Consideration’ ~~Monday,~~or 23‘Maximum ~~August~~Cash ~~and~~Consideration’ byunder the ~~National~~mix ~~Court~~and ofmatch ~~Papua~~facility ~~New~~under ~~Guinea~~the ~~on Friday~~Scheme, 27the ~~August~~Newcrest VWAP is A$37.86.

~~New~~As defined in the Scheme Booklet the Newcrest ~~shares~~VWAP is the arithmetic average (rounded to two decimal places) of the daily Newcrest volume weighted average share prices over the five ASX trading days up to and including today, being the Record Date under the Scheme.

~~The~~LGL ~~New~~shareholders ~~Newcrest~~are ~~shares~~reminded tothat bethey ~~issued~~have ~~under~~until ~~the~~9.00pm ~~Scheme~~AEST ~~will~~tonight ~~commence~~to ~~trading~~lodge ~~on ASX and POMSoX on~~ a ~~deferred~~ ~~settlement~~valid ~~basis~~Scheme onConsideration ~~Tuesday, 31 August 2010~~election. ~~Newcrest has announced that it expects that~~ ~~confirmations of issue of the New Newcrest Shares will be despatched by Tuesday 21 September 2010 and normal settlement trading will commence on the following day, Wednesday 22 September 2010.~~

~~Newcrest’s~~Detailed ~~equity~~information ~~securities~~regarding ~~are~~the ~~not~~scheme ~~expected~~consideration toand bethe ~~listed~~mix onand ~~any~~match ~~exchange~~facility under the Scheme is set out in section 5.4 of the ~~United~~LGL ~~States, but~~Scheme ~~Newcrest’s~~Booklet ~~ADRs~~dated ~~will~~22 ~~continue~~July 2010, towhich ~~trade~~is inavailable ~~the~~on ~~“over-~~the~~-counter”~~ ~~market~~LGL website www.lglgold.com.

The outcome of the “Mix and Match” ~~Facility~~election process is expected to be announced on Friday 10 September 2010. All New Newcrest Shareholders will receive written confirmation of their allocation with despatch of holding statements and cheques expected to commence on Monday 13 September 2010.

~~LGL~~New ~~shareholders~~Newcrest ~~wishing~~Shares tocommenced ~~make~~trading on a ~~Scheme~~deferred ~~Consideration~~settlement ~~Election~~basis ~~for~~on ~~the~~31 ~~scheme~~August 2010 ~~consideration~~ and ~~the~~ ~~mix and match facility may still do so by returning an Election Form so that~~ it is ~~received by~~ the ~~LGL~~responsibility ~~Registry~~of ~~before~~each ~~9.00pm~~New onNewcrest 6Shareholder ~~September 2010~~to orconfirm bytheir ~~making~~holding abefore ~~scheme~~trading ~~consideration~~in ~~election~~New ~~via the~~Newcrest ~~LGL~~Shares, ~~website~~to atavoid ~~www.lglgold.com~~the ~~and~~risk ~~following~~of ~~the~~selling ~~relevant~~shares ~~instructions,~~they ~~before~~do ~~9.00pm on~~not ~~6 September 2010~~own. ~~The~~Trading ~~deadline~~in ~~for~~New ~~LGL~~Newcrest ~~ADS~~Shares ~~holders~~is toexpected ~~deliver a Scheme Consideration election~~ to ~~the~~commence ~~LGL~~on ~~ADS~~a ~~Depositary~~normal issettlement ~~5:00pm~~basis on ~~Tuesday,~~Wednesday 3122 ~~August~~September 2010 ~~(New York time)~~.

Further ~~information~~Information

An LGL shareholder information line is available on 1300 749 597 (within Australia) or +61 3 9415 4665 (outside Australia) between 8.30am and 5.00pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time), Monday to Friday.

For further information regarding LGL please contact:

Stuart MacKenzie Group Secretary +61 7 3318 3319 ~~+61 408 156 536~~

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