Solomons goldmine receives water treatment plant
The local owners of Solomon Islands Gold Ridge gold mine have been given a brand new water treatment facility by the mines former Australian owners St Barbara Ltd.
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The local owners of Solomon Islands Gold Ridge gold mine have been given a brand new water treatment facility by the mine's former Australian owners St Barbara Ltd.
The treatment plant which cost more than US $70,000 will be used to try and safely dewater the mine's over full tailings dam in the coming months.
Walton Naezon, the chairperson of the landowning company, Gold Ridge Community Investments Ltd, spoke with Koroi Hawkins just before the handing over of the new facility.
WALTON NAEZON: Under the deeds of sale for the landowners company Gold Ridge Community Investments Ltd negotiate that St Barbara and one of their obligations is to build and operate and transfer the ownership of the treatment plan to Gold Ridge Investments Ltd. So that is what is happening today all these containers have the treatment plant, chemicals and everything arrived two months ago and the installation construction and everything is complete and we just about to witness the official handing over. Photo: RNZI/Koroi Hawkins
