They have all sorts of permissions, just not from the owners of...

They have all sorts of permissions, just not from the owners of the tenements or the owners of the land, and some other minor details like permission from the govt, or some such things.
Just go to the North West Star newspaper and search Cudeco.

It's just one farce after another. So the magnetite and cobalt/pyrite concentrate aren't going anywhere in the short term as road transport would be too expensive, but Roh knew all this.