it certainly can, and often does. Dropping and reapplying would...

it certainly can, and often does. Dropping and reapplying would be silly. There would be a line of other applicants and some might object and say the applications are defective, based on collusion or just frivolous. In this neighbourhood there are some tenements with up to six applicants lined up.

the groundwater proposition won’t work. WC8 has plenty of live tenements that they can secure with a Misc Licence for groundwater search and then apply for a groundwater abstraction licence - all of which will involve the pastoral landholders and communities. Looking at the WC8 quarterly budget it seems they have already ingratiated themselves with the locals.

management needs to get the tenements granted, sell them and get the cash into the company. the clock is ticking.