it does sound very exciting, and both of those articles are...

it does sound very exciting, and both of those articles are positive but, and this is the thing I'm trying to understand, both refer to the applications as possibilities and not done deals. The first one twice says "if the tenements are granted". The second uses "could" and "should", not 'will' or 'shall'. Neither of them present this news as certainty. For me this implies some level of uncertainty about the applications being successful. And it's that uncertainty I'm asking about. Are these applications ever rejected? Is it likely or unlikely that our applications will be rejected? How long can can we expect to wait until we know if the applications are successful? I'm not trying to down ramp, I'm a keen Buy/Hold - I'm trying to understand the importance of this news and just how much we can count on it?