"On 28 November 2016, the Minister made a decision to refuse the...

"On 28 November 2016, the Minister made a decision to refuse the Paterson Application and the other applications pursuant to s 111A of the Mining Act, the effect of which was to allow the Leopard Application to proceed to determination in accordance with the Mining Act (Decision).
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In my view, this is not a case where it can be said that the opportunity to respond to the new material could not have made a difference to the outcome of the Minister's decision under s 111A of the Mining Act.
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It was not suggested that there was any other basis on which relief should be refused. The Decision should be quashed."

So - the Minister's decision to refuse Paterson taking over the exploration license from CIO has been quashed, because there was extra info provided that Paterson should have been allowed to respond to - so now the Minister needs to make a new decision, which may still be for CIO but also may now be for Paterson.

TL;DR - New decision required on the gold.