GRZ already has their Environmental Permit issued so Ortega doesn't seem to be the "road block" in their case.

This quote from a Form 8-K filing made by GRZ last year seems to show that, at least in their case, MIBAM is the authority holding things up.

" The Authorization to Affect mandates a number of conditions to be met before, during and after the term of the permit. The Authorization to Affect also mandates that before commencing the permitted activities we are required to execute an “Initiation Act” along with representatives of the MINAMB which indicates that all conditions precedent to commencing activities have been met and documents our understanding of the obligations throughout the term of the authorization, in addition to certifying that the permitted activities can in fact commence.

We have met all conditions precedent to commencing the construction of infrastructure and services phase, although MIBAM has notified us that certain coordinates related to a small section of a new access road designed to by-pass the community of Las Claritas contained in the Authorization to Affect now conflict with several land parcels recently assigned to small miners by MIBAM. The Company along with SNC-Lavalin have re-engineered the section of the road and submitted new coordinates to MIBAM that by-pass the recently awarded land parcels. MINAMB has informed the Company it will issue the Initiation Act upon the approval of the revised road by MIBAM. We have recently received verbal approval of the revised road coordinates but are awaiting the formal response by MIBAM. Although certain work has commenced, the major activities to be performed and administered by SNC-Lavalin are being temporarily deferred until formal approval to the Company by MIBAM occurs. The Company believes that this approval will occur in the near term. "

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