RNS / UNESCO17 Dec 2020 10:05
The fact that, at this appallingly overdue point, UNESCO have been unnecessarily and embarrassingly got implicated in the swedes cheating is reprehensible.
Budge’s letter is fine and points out all the relevant bits and pieces which everyone already knows.
What matters more is what is in the letter from the Swedish government to UNESCO, if they have bothered to write one yet.
Their tack will be somewhat different from Budge’s.
More along the lines of “ there’s a small foreign exploration company wanting to build a Nast iron mine close to Laponia. Let us know if you’re not keen. No rush. “
Additionally the communication between the swedes and UNESCO will not be made known to investors.
This is going absolutely nowhere. UNESCO is a huge bureaucracy, run under the auspices of the UN in New York. In my opinion, UNESCO will say nothing for a very long time and then pronounce that the decision on the mining license lies with the Swedish government as Kallak is well outside any area over which UNESCO has any jurisdiction.
By which time the next election will be with us and Baylan will be home free. You just know that’s how it will go.