News: AVQ Sumitomo Metal Mining exits Solomon Islands nickel exploration project, page-33

But the current government under new leadership, who claims to intend to clean up corruption, seems to be quite nervous that grant of a prospecting license to any party, WITHOUT TRANSPARENT PUBLIC TENDER, may just invite legal challenge, like the one that we have seen over the last few years. They are also more anxious that in the case of such a legal challenge, grant of license to the only applicant without a transparent public tender may not stand the scrutiny in the courts of law, which are often presided by judges from Australia, like last time in the Court of Appeal.