N. WI Iron Mine Research Going Slowly; Application Delayed

How surprising is that while the politicians in the mining company's pocket pushed through a bill that cut application review timelines - - against the better advice of real scientists and the US Army Corp of Engineers - -  the company is now discovering that all that stupid pre-application research is going more slowly than expected?

I'll bet the company wishes it had a certain $700,000 available to spend on the ground instead on campaign commercials now in the ether.

My opinion, to the best of my knowledge.