A little political muscle?? It sure doesn't seem like a coincidence that the Canadian big shots rolled into town (and I mean town), way out in the countryside, as we've been waiting so long on this licence submission. Sure seems like someone needed some pressuring to get the wheels rolling. Considering they went out to the mine, I feel like it's the local government that maybe is dragging their feet?? That is pure speculation of course. Maybe it was to get the Ibar people to let go of Pobrje?? That feels like an add-on visit, but I'm just spitballing here.
The strong presence of our gov't there, and especially their contributions to the mining have always seemed like a great plus for Erin/BONE. Maybe it was time to play that trump card and put beaurocrsts to work. All in all, a great pice of work by all parties. Hopefully it works for what they wanted to accomplish.