I'm not so sure the appeal is dropped. The Libs became a party to this with Cliffs because they had approved CCC's claims just to realize later that they goofed. They are imo still looking to have it reversed which would then allow them to declare the surface land as public and retain control of who can do what on it. CCC owns the mineral riights but my limited understanding(and I do mean limited) is the question is does that include the surface rights IF they are not/will not/have no intention of mining the minerals underneath. CCC even thru this agreement does not have a definitive financial capability/capacity to build a railroad which would have a material position for strengthening their claim rights.

Could be interesting.....