I agree with jimmijazz when he said:

My take from the meeting was that we are trying to reach an agreement on the value of our contract. My feeling is that we won't be getting the permit....

(I finally got to listen to the Webcast.)

From RF:

......we are now currently seeing a sense that they also now want to bring this to a conclusion.

So if they want to conclude it and yet have not given us the permit, then we won't be getting the permit