Get a load of this rubbish story! A $700k AUD consultancy fee!!...

Get a load of this rubbish story! A $700k AUD consultancy fee!! The lies that are being spread are laughable! The SI gov is in damage control! I’d be embarrassed if I was them!!

LAWYER CLARIFIES AXIOM CONSULTANCYI read with great concern the level in which Mr. Mount has gone to agitate his agendas through the local and international media. It seems that the Australian media is being used by Mr. Mount for media litigation to placate AXIOMs 7,500 shareholders and regulators.As a serial litigant in the Courts of Solomon Islands, Mr Mount should respect the judicial process given the fact that AXIOM is currently the Claimant in several claims in the High Court to avoid sub-judice. I have faith in the Solomon Islands judicial process to unravel the truth.Be that as it may, I recall having a meeting with Ryan Mount, and Mr Stratton (a well-known Australian Lawyer) representing Axiom Mining Company Limited at Nadi, Fiji in 2016. This was after Axiom KB Ltd was licking its wounds from the SMM v Axiom Case which our Court of Appeal dismissed both Axiom’s Licence and SMM’s licence and found that the Commissioner of Lands with the help of Axiom KB Ltd and Ryan Mount illegally registered a lease over Takata/Kolosori tenement.The meeting in Fiji was purposely to come up with a legislation in which we can try and push through Parliament to secure the San Jorge and Takata Tenements for Axiom Mining Co Ltd. It is an idea which Mr Mount was championing in light of his position that the Mines and Minerals Act simply failed to recognize investors like Axiom and how Axiom is the only company capable of properly mining San Jorge and Takata.As a professional, my position has always been that I would be willing to do all legal means possible to do the work in consultation with Mr Stanton and Axiom if Axiom is prepared to put its money where its mouth is. I drafted a consulting agreement between Axiom Mining Co Ltd and myself and stated that my consulting fees is AUD$700,000 and payable on installments upon achievement of each stages of the proposed legislation.Of course in doing so I would have needed the assistance of people I trust and who can help in pushing these agendas forward. I remember discussing this with Mr Djokovic who at the time was a freelance consultant and was not yet employed by Solomon Islands Government. Because of his skills and connections Mr Djokovic would have been instrumental. By the end of October 2016, Mr Djokovic joined the Government as Chief of Staff and has advised that he could no longer be involved.Because Axiom could not afford this the matter we could not be take the matter further. It is not however, because Mr Mount discovered that Mr Djokovic was a partner in Echelon Consulting Ltd. Echelon Consulting Ltd was a registered company I registered in 30 January 2015 and has nothing to do with Mr Djokovic. Anyone interested can go to the Company Registry website to search it.The only connection between Mr Djokovic and Echelon Consulting Ltd is me. It is no secret that Mr Djokovic and I have been business partners for many years which on his part has been disclosed in full to the Leadership Code Commission.On a legal point of view, Mr Mount’s action can be no more than what lawyers call sub-judice, in that is he is agitating and trying issues in the media he and Axiom KB Ltd are now putting before High Court in a judicial review action where he challenges the Government’s action in refusing to consider Axiom’s prospecting licence, export permit and also the cancellation of its Foreign Investment Certification.AXIOM continues to fund litigation battles, yet is unable to pay its due to the Isabel Provincial Government with regards to Business Licence to enable him to operate lawfully in Isabel.Wilson H RanoBarrister and SolicitorRano & Company