If you look back at the chronology the road block prevented the memorandum from being signed - then Miriori ran off to the courts. Had the signing occurred - as per the landowners’ wishes at the time - the project would now be underway and landowners would be seeing benefits from access payments etc
The nine landowner associations are certainly relevant as they fall in the broader project area think port and road access etc etc
And by the way - the actual Customary Heads who represent the landowners have repeatedly rejected Miriori’s leadership.
Finally, @Andesite’s reading of the strategic plan is entirely accurate - it states clearly:
“The government will work with the landowners and BCL to restart mining in the Panguna area.” (February 2018)
Those facts can be inconvenient things!
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