A common trick in mining is to send surveyors to an area they don’t want so the various interests just so happen to decide that the area being surveyed is the one with historical / ecological significance. After that has been established they send surveyors for the area they do want.

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kmoser 22 minutes ago | parent [-]

Why wouldn't those various interests just complain about the next area being surveyed? Why would they stop after the first?

	▲	cjbgkagh 17 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The ecological studies also cover the surrounding areas. They can’t say that absolutely everything is significant so to make the stronger case they pile the significance into the area they think is the likely site to be developed. Then the miners are ‘responding’ to the feedback by relocating to a less significant location that already has been ecologically studied and deemed insignificant.
	▲	bronson 17 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		If you say no 100% of the time, your work product won't be worth much.