my experience in gold exploration leases was that you needed to geologically justify them, but they really didn't give a fuck about what explanation you gave
you could have your own crackpot theories about target selection, they didn't have to be mainstream geoscience. never saw them knocked back for geo reasons, it's your money you're wasting if you're wrong
but they wanted to see solid evidence that you actually worked on the lease if you wanted to renew your exploration lease. they didn't want you squatting on it. of course they'd never grant one in an urban area unless you spent millions showing you'd mitigated every last little interest groups' problems. ours were all out in the scrub so apart from the odd sacred site it was plain sailing
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Fri 17 Jun 2022, 10:48,
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