The British High Commission in Honiara reported that on Monday 21 September 2026, High Commissioner Paul Turner and David Dennis, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and Treasury, formally launched the next phase of UK government support for Solomon Islands' re-entry to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). The EITI Board had welcomed Solomon Islands back as an implementing country on Wednesday 16 September 2026. The country left the EITI in 2018 after failing to meet its commitments.

Under the EITI, Solomon Islands is now required to publish information related to its mining sector. The UK government, working with UNDP, backed the re-entry effort and will continue supporting the country's obligations. The next phase is to include a national plan for disclosure of mining information in all provinces, continued capability-building for local stakeholder monitoring and reporting, and regular government reporting to the EITI Secretariat.

The launch came as the mining sector was described as growing, particularly in gold and nickel, with activity projected to keep expanding as the Gold Ridge gold mine and Kolosori nickel project ramp up. Turner said EITI membership could help strengthen revenue collection and exports. A new multi-stakeholder group of central and local government, mining companies, local communities and civil society will monitor activities across the sector.