⚙ Technically, it doesn't have approval, save only by default....

⚙ Technically, it doesn't have approval, save only by default. But if it is fundamentally flawed then it probably will fall to be treated as never having been submitted - void ab initio. Suppose, as has been suggested on the main thread, that the tenements were earmarked for the processing plant, tailings dump etc. And suppose that this was written into the ESIA (which seems, at least, likely), then the entire submission fails. Maybe someone, engaged the old BoD, got a phone call? Maybe even a letter? And binned it. It's very dangerous to proceed without ascertaining why formal approval was not given, IMHO.