That’s what I was thinking Scoot until the wording of today’s announcement prompted me to do some digging around...
From what I can gather the NT process to go mining looks like this...
NT EPA and Fed EPBC approval - Done.
Native Title Agreement - Done
Granting of Mineral Lease - Very soon
Authority to Mine - It looks like this is the big one that requires a compliant MMP (including our Water Abstraction Plan) and perhaps a security bond.
Here’s the authority to mine application form which shows the MMP requirement.
https://nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/203382/application-for-authorisation-form.pdf
Here’s a list of security bonds held by the NT Gov. If we’re pushing for an Authority to Mine in the next 6-12mths it looks like we’ll need to cough up some serious coin!
https://dpir.nt.gov.au/mining-and-e...ics/authorised-mining-sites/mining-securities
I’m going to throw it out there that we’ll see the ML granted prior to the AGM and perhaps even prior to the closure of the SPP.
Never a dull moment with TNG and I only wish that management would lay the whole permitting process out for us so that we’re not speculating or developing unrealistic expectations.
