Hunter6110, thank you for your repsonse.
If permits are or "HAVE" to be obtained they would go through the BLM Kingman office (Pauls) office, end of story, he will know about it, whether or not the Company says so or not. If they do not need to be applied for, then he may not or won't know. There are possible reasons they wouldn't need permits from his office; i.e., public lands, state or private, etc..
Transparency is needed, I cede that for sure.
So in the mean time, as I see it they will need more to do of those or some of those things necessary in your outline. That said, the JV mentioned in the pr has my curiousity running high, as in a conversation of mine doing DD that term "JV" came up! Not from the company, either. All pertinant information being only what I hear, nothing more than that and all my own opinions too.
Prisoner
So HGLC the ball is in your court, now shoot it!