Ann: EUR Merger with NASDAQ Corp - Equity Consideration US$750m, page-296

Fortunately, the project is located in Austria and there are laws and regulations there and all objections against the project have to be cleared out of the way first (in court).Since no permit for the mining operation has yet been submitted to the authorities (this will only happen after the DFS), it may still take years before the objections are cleared away.

Just for comparison, permits for wind turbines take an average of 5-6 years.Money makes life easier, but fortunately you can't buy everything with it .... especially not in a good democracy.