The vote date was the 28th of last month with 5 day sign off, they obviously went over this time frame by over 10 days to make sure i's dotted and it's crossed.. I myself am not surprised that the ANN was overdue but earlier than you expected ...
I'll go with you on the offtakes needing to be gained asap as it's a requirement to getting funding as Bruce stated in the explorers podcast at the 21 minute mark.
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