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Has any one has some insight into the following text. How are these licenses compared to the ones that got affected due to the banned. Please comment.

Instead, the group said it would move to the Northern Rivers region of NSW, where it holds exploration licences that cover Byron Bay, Ballina and Lismore and surrounding rural areas.

- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/energy-groups-count-cost-in-nsw/story-e6frg9df-1226733232327#sthash.FhC6YHU6.dpuf