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Tensions in Temotu as expiry of Aus miner's licenses loom
15 March 2018
Tensions are rising in Temotu as an Australian miner's licences to prospect and operate in the Solomon Islands' province approach their expiry date.
Pacific Bauxite secured a prospecting license in 2016 with the support of some local landowners and obtained a provincial business license, after a change in the local government, to begin working on Nende Island.
But it has met with stiff opposition from other landowning groups who accuse the company of operating illegally and are trying to take it to court...