What you wrote is the complete opposite of reality. The NT...

What you wrote is the complete opposite of reality. The NT government needs to see that there is a sound remediation plan in place before granting approval. Otherwise the project could end up costing the NT government a lot more than what they take in royalties if they are left to deal with environmental issues.

Rehabilitated mining areas rarely come close to returning areas to a similar condition as they were beforehand. A large reason for this is due to the huge costs borne when re-handling the vast amounts of waste material moved during mining. Anyone who's been on a mine site and has seen rehabilitated areas could tell you this.