Guys, this may seem a silly question but when iron ore price was...

Guys, this may seem a silly question but when iron ore price was high and when we had received environmental (and mining?) approvals, could we not have commenced mining, notwithstanding the appeals that had been lodged, or were expected to be lodged?

I always wondered about this rather than management taking the passive approach the company decided was best so as to not to antagonise STT further. I don't think it would matter how accomodating we were through the process to STT they would never recognise that, so why be nice at all, instead of aggressively promoting and protecting the company's rightful position.

If so that was an error of judgement, and as it turns out with ore price, a major and very costly one.