Ann: MD's Company Update - November 2021, page-13

Yes, and no doubt that was their schedule. However, external forces (like property owners and State governments) don't always work at the pace we want them to! A case in point, the release of the winners of the MINexCRC ground from the drill holes at NDIBK01 and NDIBK04, a very senior member of NTGS told me at least 4 weeks ago that it would be decided and released within 2 weeks. I have no doubt they were sincere in their belief that it would only take them 2 weeks but it is 4 and counting. I have no doubt it is coming but the timetable isn't what I was led to believe. Inca have the same issues but multiplied by the variety of negotiations that have to go on behind the scenes to get the show on the road.

Personally, I'd rather they do what they are doing ( I actually asked for it though don't believe I would have been alone) and give us a timetable. It is published with an acknowledgment that things could change and undoubtedly they will often change However, I can almost smell the diesel on the drill rig!