Mine told to confirm environmental plan

THE Sinivit local level government is demanding the developer of Wild Dog gold mine in East New Britain, MacMin Limited to confirm if it has an environmental plan in place before the actual mining operation gets underway.
LLG president Boniface Setavo raised the question early last week during a briefing with community leaders and representatives of the landowner groups, who would be directly affected by the mining operations.
They discussed among key issues the environmental effect the mine would cause on land and rivers.
The meeting was organised by the LLG president after learning that up to 18 tonnes of the cyanide had been shipped into Rabaul for the Wild Dog mining operations last week.
Mr Satevo said the cyanide shipment triggered off widespread fears among the Sinivit communities over the safety of their environment.
They demanded for an awareness and community relation visit to clear any misunderstanding.
Meanwhile, a reliable source within the company who did not wished to be named, said he did not understand why the shipment of cyanide into ENB was being made a big issue and that the government was aware of the use of the chemical and had approved it.

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