Media Reports, page-3359

Hi Proga

Regarding your comments On TLG above, I actually discussed this with Mark Thompson at the RUI Explorers Conference in Perth last week.

Apparently this system of appeals is quite standard for all new mines in Sweden and has been covered extensively on the TLG thread on this site. TLG are at the final stage of the process which has been largely instigated by the Reindeer Herders Federation.

Mark Thompson said they actually have a good relationship with the herders and he plans to operate the mine ( not including the processing plant) only six months of the year so as not to impede the annual reindeer migration.

He has been told that the Federation automatically appeals all mining applications whether they actually oppose them or not to bolster the Sami’s standing internationally as an oppressed minority community.

Mark tells a good story but is quite believable in what he says.