"Group wants deep-sea mine permit, licence cancelled", 16 March 2020

A GROUP of people concerned about the implications of deep-sea mining wants the Government to cancel the environment permit and mining licence granted to Nautilus Minerals Niugini Ltd.

...Jonathan Mesulam of the Alliance of Solwara Warriors...said...[that]...with the project being declared "a failed project" the goal was achieved and asked the Government to go further and cancel its mining and exploration licence.

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"The mining licence was given in 2011 and there is no mining, why is the company still holding onto the licence?

"The Government has to cancel the licence before the end of this year," Mesulam said.

"As stewards of the sea and future, we are now giving notice to the responsible ministers to cancel the seabed mining licence ML154."
Bosip said the deep-sea mining in PNG was the first of its kind in the world and "we do not know the negative impacts of it".

"We do not know the best method of mitigating its negative impacts that will arise, we are not prepared to face the negative impact of deep-sea mining."