The Overseas Investment Office (OIO) received the application from Plaman Resources in February last year. OIO officials have asked the company for more information and have received submissions on the application to mine diatomite for animal feed supplement. ROSA WOODS/STUFF Helen Clark has joined the opposition to diatomite mining at Middlemarch in Otago. The Plaman application to the OIO outlined how Plaman had funds to buy the IRIS shareholding once permission was granted for the land purchase. DAPHNE LEE/GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT, OTAGO UNIVERSITY Fossil of a flower found at Foulden Maar, Middlemarch.

Source: Stuff May 21, 2019 04:53 UTC