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Alamal...Take no notice. :-)

Alamal....There's be a c in excited.

If you remember all this stuff was debated earlier in the year, getting support across all parties except MP and where the Government abstained they did so because the item was 'in hand'. So this hasn't just begun it is already what the Riksdag supports...naturally the Riksdag will shortly be looking for some action on these past recommendations.

2013 the year we submitted our application and put us on the anti-mining brigade's radar.

Here it is again....The Riksdag supports:

https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-lagar/dokument/motion/mineralpolitik-for-en-stark-gruvnaring_H802701

Yes, nobody could call it fast....but we are seeing movement in the right direction; we've had to endure plenty going the other way. And we're backed up by The Riksdag supports initiative now in full swing. The sun's coming out. ;-)

Andy, is that the Constitutional Committee is reviewing the Swedish Government's handling of the Company's application (which intention it registered on 8 October 2019) and it has announced that it is meeting on 13 October 2020. And we further understand that it is not advising on the final decision to be taken by the Government.

Not looking so silent, painful or dead at the moment Roller.

How fascinating, like sparklers and little charcoal blocks...what times we live in, what alchemy. :-)

Northland now Kaunis Iron is back in business and taking advantage of the recent escalation in the price of iron ore. Well done Kaunis....it might have been us. *****!!!!!!!

Pocko, yes....do you remember the photo call about the revised Mineral Policy...Annie Loof flurishing her pen. What a waste of time that was, no mine was permitted from that day to this. Northland in Pajala had already started and unfortunately had to close shortly after due to "extremely constrained liquidity", and the "recent deterioration in iron ore prices" ...possibly having miscalculated their profit margin. In fairness to Annie Loof, she was out of government a few months later...it wasn't finished until 2014.

And at last some voices from the S benches:

https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-lagar/dokument/motion/en-ny-mineralstrategi-i-tiden_H8022445

Eric...a song for your birthday month (I always take more than a day for mine):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whmzEXywq40

And thanks Dannys.

Morning Eric....Happy Birthday, today or tomorrow. :-)

Från: Kurt Budge
Skickat: den 1 oktober 2020 17:28
Till: Peder Nielsen
Ämne: Beowulf Mining - Kallak
Dear Mr Nielsen,
Further to the Committee’s review of the Government’s handling of our Kallak North application (the
“Application”) for an Exploitation Concession (the “Concession”), I wanted to provide you with some
comments from Beowulf Mining (“Beowulf” or the “Company”).
Beowulf has been working with Kallak since 2006. Over the last 14 years, the Company has spent
over SEK 80 million in developing the Kallak resource and preparing an Application for an Exploitation
Concession for the Kallak North deposit.
The Company’s Application has been on the Government’s desk since July 2017. This is the second
time the Government has had the Application. The Application was also on the Government’s desk
between February 2015 and July 2016.
In October 2015, Bergsstaten, part of the Government Office Sveriges geologiska undersökning
(“SGU”), recommended to the Government that the Concession be awarded. Bergsstaten is also the
authority that awarded the original exploration licence, subsequent licences and granted renewals.
In September 2017, Minister Damberg was quoted in the Swedish media as saying that Swedish law
is enough for testing our Application, and that the permitting process should be ‘by the book’.
In September 2019, in response to a letter I had written to him, Minister Baylan explained that since
the CEO"s request for a meeting "concerns a forthcoming Government decision - a dossier that is
currently under preparation", the Government is unable to meet or comment with regard to its
"ongoing review". That response was 12-months ago.
I attach correspondence between me and Minister Baylan from 2019 and 2020, and a letter from our
Chairman to Minister Baylan sent last year. I have provided further background information below on
the chronology of events.
Minister Baylan has spoken publicly about the need for transparency and predictability in permitting
processes. However, Beowulf has no idea what process is being followed or the timeline for a
decision being taken by the Government.
As a public company, listed in London and Stockholm, over 67% owned by Swedish shareholders, the
uncertain status of our Application has significant implications for the Company’s share price and our
ability to raise capital from equity markets.
I apologise for the delay in getting this email to you. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have
any questions.
Kind regards,
Kurt
Kurt Budge
Chief Executive Officer

Yes, and even harder to believe that it was in the previous election campaign (2014) that Stefan Lofven was reported as saying this would be decided according to the law not politics and that was the administration before they got hitched up with MP.

Sorry about the spelling mistakes and it's Lars Hjalmared.

Almost exactly a year ago Lars Hjalmered sent a question to the Minister and he got his answer, same one we got:

" I sent the question six months ago and then I got no clear answer other than that you would treat it quickly. Now, the answer is almost sound enough. That's really bad. I can't find any other words. You can be for or against a mine, but no one can be for such a long decision-making process, ”says Lars Hjälmered.

Early Dec 19 Linda Ylivainio (Norbotten County )had an article published in NSD, it was a blistering criticism of the CAB, in short she said this:

"For over three years, the question of the state of the mining industry has been one of my heart issues. That no other politician seemed willing to take a bullet for the mining and minerals industry that is important to northern Sweden was one reason - among other things - that I was running for parliament. I wanted to go to the Swedish Parliament to form opinion and reform the legislation in this area.

Well here I have not let the question out of sight. I have so far in vain pressed Minister of Business Ibrahim Baylan and Prime Minister Stefan Löfven on when the government intends to decide the five lying applications for processing concessions that have been on the government's table for years."

And not forgetting Amanda Palmstierna (MP) who said in Nov 2019:

"The Ministry of Industry probably sees the attitude of the Environmental Party but the government should consider the matter according to the law."