Malawi uranium project has government backing - Paladin

Mining exploration and development firm Paladin Africa said on Thursday that it had received a statement from the Malawian government confirming its support for Paladin’s Kayelekera uranium project, after a group of nongovernmental organisations named them in two actions.

The government said in a press statement that it had complied with the Environmental Management Act in relation to the Kayelekera uranium project.

"The government has complied with the Act and it has undertaken to monitor the Kayelekera uranium project on an ongoing basis,” Paladin cited the government as saying. “It is in the public's interest that the project should be carried out by Paladin as the Ministry believes that the government of Malawi has not transgressed any of its laws.”

Paladin said that it remained confident that it had proceeded in the proper manner and that it was encouraged by the “positive stance” that the government of Malawi had taken.