Permitting - current status, page-7

Yes my question is serious. You are reasoning by analogy, which is not very convincing for me. Just think about what a generalization of your statement would mean. A government has many permits in many areas, not Just Mining. If each change in government would require a resubmit and restart of all the permitting processes, it would hold anything in a country to a stand still.
So if you are arguing that a change in government would throw a wrench in the gears, there needs to be a good argument for that. Analogy is not enough. I don't have the time to do this research but you obviously did, so please, can you be more specific?