Promise of areas set aside for artisinal mining were part of some agreements made with the miners.

Also I seem to remember that Crystallex agreed to help the artisinal miners by refining their ore or helping to refine, setting up a place to refine, etc., Thereby curtailing the use of mercury (I do not remember the exact language). Since their artisinal grant is nearby this also makes sense to me.

The true test: Is this news going to move the share price?

A new high and some volume would at least indicate what we have here is a significant event leading towards a permit.

When this is all over, I think I will laugh myself to Club Med.