Mining Licences

EPL → MDRL → ML cycle, MME licence median wait, and the cost of the friction.

• 15 May 2026

  Permit Patience Index, May: Median Mining Licence Wait Climbs to 47 Days

  The Ministry of Mines and Energy's own tracking data shows median processing times lengthening again. Operators are less polite about it than the ministry is.

• 15 May 2026

  Uranium Quarter: Langer Heinrich Ramps, Husab Goes Quiet, and What Q2 Needs to Look Like

  Paladin's Langer Heinrich restart is producing numbers worth examining; Swakop Uranium's Husab has said almost nothing useful since late 2024. Here is what the available data actually shows, and what a credible Q2 looks like.