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Sooz, I loved that post, it was hilarious. If only because I knew exactly what you meant. Lol.
Yep, can't be long now.

Aug, I said in terms of support for potential legal action, if Kurt has to take it. I agree re the advisors, but of course, a strong point or points not to be ignored, in my view, are that nobody has been able to prove, at law, where our application is defective. No specifics to that effect have emerged. All comments having been received, far too long ago, and we also know that the CAB deviated from the process. It doesn't look particularly good for the Swedish authorities, including now the Government. Finally, the MI supporting our application for a green light, twice, unless I'm mistaken, it noting also that we were in positive territory in keeping with the Norra Karr case ruling. No further comment on that, lol, but as we were invited to get involved, it has surely turned out to be a legal boon if ever there was one.

Anyway, just a couple of thoughts, before I make like a goldfish. Lol.

Good posts. As for support for potential legal action in our favour, we already have this information from the 15 April RNS:

"The Company is actively communicating with the Government with regards to the Exploitation Concession for Kallak North. It has been confirmed that the Kallak application is being prioritised, an acknowledgement by the Government that the Company has been waiting an excessive period of time for a decision. The Company expects, and it is reasonable to do so, that a decision will be taken, by the Government, before the summer."

Aug, the Government has acknowledged then, that we've already been waiting an excessive period of time. Now some four months, almost five, since this RNS, and the excessive stretched further. Lol.

A string to our bow.

Best regards all.

Hi Sooz. Thanks. Yes, it seems we're unfortunately subjected to it being decided at law, but after the politics.

Which of course shouldn't be the case.

I feel as if I hold the minority view here at times, so have been keeping my thoughts to myself of late. Lol.

Afty aft. x

As we know though, It has been established long ago that nobody could come up with anything specific re directly detrimental effects from a mine at Kal. So there should not be any reason now for such a delay. If you look at it another way, the Sami peoples have been catered for all along, particularly by BEM, and they've had some six years and almost five months of deliberation working in their favour. What about fairness to us?

Kurt's plans also include the Sami folk and he will ensure that those who wish to be included are included, not excluded, from the benefits of our green operation.

So I feel we shouldn't make excuses for the Government and its inertia.

In my opinion only.

Baylan and co have had plenty of time to bring our application woes to a close, when they've been less busy not undertaking scheduled visits, so now Baylan is meeting all and sundry, the excuse for still not dealing with our case is that he currently just hasn't the time. Lol.

I'm thinking Baylan won't award the licence this week, precisely because he is busy doing those other things.

Have to see.

Yep, he was spot on with that.

Lb, I fully understand your point, but another view, lol, is perhaps that just supposing Kurt flew in to meet up with Baylan, then next week the licence was suddenly granted, would that look above board? See what I mean? Protests may fly in! My thoughts are that Kurt has done enough of promoting our cause, exhaustively so, including several times at Almedalen and then of course we've had Göran's April fool letter, lol, but why should Kurt now continue with such tedious headbanging when the facts are all present within our application and the Swedes now also know what his plan for Kallak is to be, post-concession. It's all there.

I'm quite pleased actually that Kurt isn't running around after Baylan, who is in Northern Sweden visiting LKAB, and not officially visiting BEM. Keeping a bit of distance now is a good tactic to adopt, in my opinion, particularly useful if we have to resort to embarking on a potential legal route, should the Government continue to not show our case any priority, which appears to be what is still occurring.

Appears to be. Lol.

Cheers lb.

Knowing our luck, the big flakes will just be Baylan's dandruff on our case file, as he passes the application back to the MI.

:-)

Lol.

Good posts Sub.

MW, thanks for clarifying. I appreciate that, and I feel others here will too. Had you included such info in your original post it would have been much more helpful. CertainIy there would have been no need for my question then.

Best regards.

Please expand on your last post MW, because it may not then be seen only as highly irresponsible bull5hit.

Vague as usual from you. Pi55 poor.

Does the "pp" mean that you have been in contact with Kurt and he's told you that?

Only my view. x

Yes Sooz. It would look fishy if they did and a concession was then suddenly granted. Lol. I couldn't see LKAB having to wait at least six years and four months for the concession, could you? So in absolute fairness to us, and to avoid potential court proceedings against the State, we must be granted the concession. Nobody else.

Then of course, 20p would seem too cheap for what we'd have, when added to what we've already got in Kal. .

Lovely.

Id be interested in that, but I'm genuinely skint Bring.

Let's see what happens with these AGM results. If we don't receive the royalty then the whole thing appears to have been only engineered to handJLP Kabwe in return for nothing for our shareholders. A $2 billion asset that we owned 100%, gone.

Notably, JLP still faffing about at Kabwe, yet the licence hasn't been revoked a second time.

How convenient.

Only my thoughts.

Geo, no, it wasn't me. I've not parted with any of these shares.

Good to hear from you Duds. Some of us nutters are still here. Can't be too long now though for something to occur eh? Kurt sounds absolutely fed up in his interviews I reckon, so if the decision doesn't come in the next few weeks, I think he may take steps to push the Swedes into getting their act together.

Even the small hint of a potential international incident should do it. Lol.

Only my view.

Cheers Duds.

I took some heart from these words in the RNS:

"The Board continues to keep in mind all options at its disposal for encouraging a decision".

I would say though that it isn't apt to wait for the Swedes to finish their holidays before finding out what the state of play is, because they have so many bloody holidays and we've been mooching about now for six years and four months. Lol.