July 23, 2021
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Efate’s Vaturisu Council of Chiefs as the custom custodians of the land on the island, has suspended all mining as well as prospective mining on Efate until February 2022...The discussion had drawn to the council’s attention that this prospective activity of mining would greatly impact the fate of the Efate Land Management Area (ELMA). ELMA is an area that the Council is trying to conserve in the central part of Efate, including the South Efate area.
