Gerald McCormack, Director of the Natural Heritage Trust. The Cook Islands’ exclusive economic zone contains 10 billion tonnes of manganese nodules like those inset, according to a geological assessment.
Picture: The sun setting at Gold Ridge mine, Solomon Islands, Koroi Hawkins
Source: Radio New Zealand
Landowning tribes of the now closed Gold Ridge gold mine in Solomon Islands say they are about to receive a final royalty payment of 1.2 million US dollars through the Ministry of Finance and Treasury.
LANDOWNERS of the Sinivit gold mine in East New Britain Province will be meeting with developer representatives and government officials today to iron out issues between all parties.
PACIFIC Indigenous peoples have voiced their united stand against any proposed seabed mining.
Solomon Islands Dr Samson Viulu who spoke on behalf of the pacific indigenous peoples made it clear before world leaders during the UN General Assembly in New York.
He said its important to halt any plans to carryout seabed mining in the pacific.
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A rusted truck remains at the Panguna copper mine that was shut down after villagers Papua New Guinea’s autonomous region of Bougainville fought a decade-long civil war. Photograph: Ilya Gridneff/AAP
The risk runs high that benefits will flow not to local communities, but to foreign investors and national elites, with short-term monetary gains to individuals vested with unfettered powers over our lands” – Chiefs tell A.D.B.
HAVING sighted available information with regard to the granting of the mining lease to both Asian Pacific Investment Development (APID) and Bingtang Borneo it is quite clear that due process under the Mines and Minerals Regulation has not been followed.Transparency Solomon Islands hold the view that the decision reached is questionable and possibly unlawful.It is questionable given the fact that many procedures required before a decision may be reached were not followed.
