RE: Chinese government support16 Nov 2020 11:55
Badeli - you beat me to it. I share your view. This is a common Chinese requirement for signing-off on resource projects, ie, they want to drill a Chinese observed / monitored 'proof' well just to make sure the existing well data is true and honest. As you say, I think all boxes have been ticked by CMEC, and the well is final hurdle requirement from Chinese Government. Luckily coal deposits are laterally consistent in thickness and quality over huge areas (opposite to metals projects!), so extremely unlikely that the well results will differ from all the existing well data.