RE: Permit delayThe quote in the translated news of last poster's message: "Our City request to permit exploration only and to prohibit mining deveopment in Maoling Gold Mines is supported by the province....".
It's quite obvious from the above quote that the Chinese just want you to spend money to explore and if you don't find any gold then it's your money that got spent, not theirs; but if you find gold reserve of economic size then you are not allowed to develop it which effectively means the Gold Find would have to be expropriated back by the Chinese. Shrewd and unscrupulous Chinese Crooks eh!