Great info! Few questions.
What is the difference between Research and Exploration? They both sound like very similar stages, I'd have assumed we want to be at the Exploitation stage?
Minocom being rejected is obviously good, but what does it mean by the permit being active?
So looking at the key (probably should have done this earlier) it becomes clear that this image is not as scary is it seems.
AVZ/Dathcom in purple is a research permit (if anyone had any clarity on what the research, exploration and Exploitation steps mean that would be great)
Minocoms colour does seem to represent the tailings key.