This is pretty interesting. So am I reading this right...Ruscaolin enters into an agreement in 2003 to mine kaolin. 2006 roles around the project is revived...

Now it's 2008 and they are given the go ahead??

That's sort of sounds like our time line... Things really don't move very fast around these projects...

I wonder how typical this is.

I wonder when the last Gold mine has be permitted (for any transnational working in Vz)

I wonder how many projects are awaiting permiting?

All this would give us is some perspective.