The document Ruth built ... Yankee baseball reference ther for my Canadian BKM brothers...
Re read much of the document Ruth put together for the Gov't
Really did good job of summarizing the wrongs, mistruths and in Judge Afleck's own words reflected in the document what a "sham" of a EAO process and conclusion recommendation Sturko made to ministers !
Remember the gov't didnt even try to appeal that court case ! Instead decision went back to ministers and those politically motivated "officials" put in purgatory for more data SAIR / Section 17 and after MP accident had another excuse to not deny but just drown us in requests for information
In my estimation they hoped 1. Company would run out of money 2. get frustrated and give up
3. sell to someone and have them start decade long process all over again
John can be gruff at times, too optimistic, and not proactive enough lobbying govt or political allies IMHO but we can not deny and must applaud his tenacity, and perseverence.
He did shareholders right by keeping share count low and overhead low. He could have easliy issued millions more shares to pay him self and others in the company while the company fought this but he did not !
In addition, though i get the feeling John does not like to spend money on lobbying and PR he did spend the money in the right places to hire the best engineers and consultants that make the case for safe mine ! In fact the very consultants are often used by the govt for consultation so no idicting their credentials !
We will know if permit , no permit, or further evaluation by end of Jan.
I just dont see them saying need more information bc they lifted section 17.
I can't see them saying no after all the bs reasons for denial were addressed and the orginal document states that our mitigation plan should work resulting in no adverse effects.
I can't see the govt risking going back to court a second time after they lost the first time. This time it would be for potential damages in the 100s of millions of dollars. The fact they did not appeal the ruling is conceding that the process was not fair !!! Court precident would be in our favor and the govt basically conceded that the process was a "sham".
Like you all, am caustiously optimistic and not letting myself day dream too much of finally recouping our investment x 10 ! Whoever endured this decade deserves it.
wish i had a time machine to fast forward already ...
Keep posts on any thoughts and information coming.
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GLTA and Happy Holidays.
B3