@Black Cat is right - most critical plays have pulled back, and...

@Black Cat is right - most critical plays have pulled back, and every rare earth one I ever studied proved hopeless. I hold my judgement on Antimony and I still think Au+Sb is a good thing to shoot for.

But by far the huge issue for all resource stocks is the permitting disaster - which is getting worse.
Take EQN's situation - a reasonable DSO Iron Ore play with permits to do step out drilling which were rescinded by court orders because of a spiritual site associated with an ancestral waterserpent believed to have shaped local waterways, and another associated with songs and dreaming stories.
Black Cat, I just cant believe that kind of 'dreaming' can be seriously considered by our courts. I think it all started under Whitlam, who by the way fell into his swimming pool on camera. He probably denied it of course.

Now @lockitt - you say Labor will win, but I think that is far from certain, polls prove to be wrong often enough and did not predict the avalanche against He Who Falls Of The Stage at the Voice referendum. However if Labor does lose, Plibersek could replace Albo - what happens next?

Did anyone watch that woke feminist jurno give Peter Dutton a serve last night - even called him Pete - "now listen pete ...."
No I think the polls have got it wrong - Aussies dont like that kind of thing !!