a Locations of Lihir and Misima islands. Map modified from original on Wikimedia Commons, source www.demis.nl. b Benthic sampling stations off Lihir L1-L6 and c Misima M1-M6. Tailings outfalls are indicated by solid squares INMineIslandGame Platform Online: on island coastlines. Detailed bathymetric charts are not available for the Lihir and Misima areas https://solo.to/raymondhiggins, and b and c show only general trends using data from the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans GEBCO, www.gebco.net. What went wrong? There are a variety of inter-related answers. Ironically, modernization in the 1950s may have contributed somewhat to the mine closures