'solomons dispute [axiom] mining licence", page-192

Unfortunately I hate to agree but think I have to in this instance.

The information was not put out before Axiom made their ann refuting the allegations, it was issued AFTER Axioms statement and confirms unequivocally that Axioms statement is not correct and that pending further investigation any agreements are DEFINITELY null and void.

We all know how long Government investigations on something virtually clear-cut can take let alone an investigation by NEW Ministers, in a Country not averse to altering course depending on which way the cash is blowing, trying to determine who is the legal landowner when nobody seems to have a clue, everybody putting their hand up for a slice of the action, large cashed up Chinese interests circling the carcass, I think this is going to be a very slow, drawn out, unfair process. By the time it is decided nobody in Axiom will care anymore and I am uneasy that they will even have anything left to care about.

When I read posts by others, in particular adure who actually lives in Honiara and is acutley aware of the political and landowner turmoil I am increasingly pessimistic about the prospects of a favourable outcome for Axiom.

It is only my opinion, not a downramp, and purely as I see it at the moment. I would like to pick some positives out of it but .............!!! :(