The damage already done to Carnegie Minerals' reputation and its affect on
existing mining agreements between Carnegie and other countries such as
Senegal, Taiwan, Indonesia, etc., must be remedied. The loss of revenue from the
premature stoppage must also be remedied. This does not affect the results of
arbitration and prosecution of the case.
In effect, unprofessionalism and breach of contract due to cluelessness may
already have cost Gambia preventable damage. It is not too late to train on
circumspect and integrity and avoid another Alimenta. And if I were Carnegie,
I will wind down my operations in Gambia regardless of how the
investigations/arbitrations turn out. The Gambian environment has been rendered too
poisonous by ill-discipline and dishonour for any future operation of Carnegie,
Australia, and or China. Australia and China (+ Taiwan) belong to the
Asia-Pacific Mining consortium.
Haruna.
In a message dated 2/20/2008 8:13:02 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,
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It will be a serious misuse of trust should The Government of The Gambia
mislead the people into another costly and totally preventable
litigation like one with the Swiss Group Alimenta. Lets do it for the
sake of The Gambia, please!
Malanding Jaiteh
Courtesy of FOROYAA Newspaper at -
http://allafrica.com/stories/200802200564.html
Gambia: Carnegie Minerals PLC Denies Allegations
FOROYAA Newspaper (Serrekunda)
20 February 2008
Posted to the web 20 February 2008
Carnegie Minerals Plc, an Australian based mining company whose licence
was revoked by the government of The Gambia, has denied the allegations
made against it at a recent press conference convened by government
officials.
The denial is contained in a release issued by RSN, the company news
service.
According to Alan Hopkins, MD of Carnegie, "We strongly refute all
charges that the Gambian Government has levied against us. We have been
operating in The Gambia since 1999 and have always strongly adhered to
the legal processes as set out by the Gambian Government and our mining
licence."
"The company strongly refutes these allegations that the Company has
been commercially mining Titanium, Iron ore and Uranium from its mineral
sands Licence in The Gambia" stated the release.
The release went on to say "The Company wants to make clear that a
component of mineral sands (Ilmenite for which we are licensed to mine)
is Titanium and Iron oxide. We would also like to clarify that trace
amounts of uranium occurring in the Gambian mineral sands are usual for
such deposits and cannot be economically extracted and therefore have no
commercial value. The Company has previously notified the Gambian
Government of this trace occurrence in its previous information
submission and that Carnegie was willing to pay for independent
international industry experts to review the Company's mining data to
assist with their understanding of it."
The Company further claimed: "The Company has provided to The Gambian
Government continuous full disclosure with each shipment since the start
of the project. This included all weights, Independent SGS laboratory
results & pricing calculations. SGS is one of the world's leading
testing and inspection businesses.
"Under the agreement signed with The Gambian Government prepared under
the guidance of the Commonwealth Development Corporation Ltd of the UK,
in the event any issue arose in relation to the project, there is a
clear pre-agreed process which involves independent arbitration in London."
Attempts to get the reaction of either the Secretary of State for
Communication and Information Technology or the Secretary of State for
Works, Construction and Infrastructure, yesterday, was unsuccessful. But
we will continue to do so.
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