GME is optimistic about approvals, page-2

THIS PART SAYS IT ALL! - the powers that be in Greenland need to take ownership for the unnecessary delays in processing the ML application.

"The first EIA was delivered in 2015​

But the process has been long and arduous, he stressed.
The first EIA report was handed back in 2015 and, in spite of the fact that GME has updated the studies that form the basis for impact assessments in the following three years with further details, it has not yet led to approval. The Director is incomprehensible.
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-There should be confidence in our approach to the project survey and assessment-all the way from resource definition, metallurgy, to environmental and social impact assessments. There are no projects in Greenland which were examined as thoroughly as kvanefjeld, he says.

Facts
-An EIA report is an assessment of the impact on the environment.
-A VSB is an assessment of the social sustainability
-An IBA is a cooperation agreement concluded between Naalakkersuisut, the municipality and the mining company about, for example, procurement and the use of local labour.​

John Mair, however, is optimistic after raw materials fair PDAC in Canada last week.
He believes that the Greenlandic politicians now are showing a greater willingness to drop the heavy bureaucracy, that is in connection with the application for mining permits.
-There is definitely a growing awareness that more efficiency is needed in the processing of applications. This is an area of great weakness in the Greenlandic system and an important reason for the lack of investor confidence in Greenland, said John Mair."
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Maybe, we will now get some positive action on proceedings!
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