Agree that that they could have done better PR wise*, but I...

Agree that that they could have done better PR wise*, but I guess they thought they would have gotten the permit by now. Mostly the fault imO lies with the NSW gov which takes way to long to grant the simple permit. We are not the only ones impacted by that - Alk.ax is in the same situation.

Their CEO commented a while back that new big coal / iron mines are a huge political issue in NSW right now, which affects small simple projects like ours mainly by the fact that the relevant agencies are busy with the big projects, creating a backlog that needs to be worked through ...

*BTW there is a new newsletter recommendation up on YTCs homepage.