Union raise questions over Solomon Islands gold mining licence

Updated March 23, 2009 21:38:59

There are calls in Solomon Islands for a review of a decision to issue a gold mining licence to a New Zealand businessman, whom local unions say they've never heard of. The Solomons government has issued 'Phoenix International' a licence to mine for gold in Central Guadacanal. But the unions want to know why the company will be successful where others have failed.

Presenter: Campbell Cooney, Pacific correspondent
Speaker: Tony Kagavoi, general secretary, Solomon Islands' National Union of Workers