Environmental approval has already been received for the project.
Saonu had suggested the Markham Gap as a tailings storage facility rather than the JV's proposed deep sea tailings placement.
WAFI-GOLPU joint venture partners have written to Morobe Governor Ginson Saonu in an effort to explain why on-shore tailings disposal would not work for the copper-gold project proposed for the province.
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