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Blue Moon Metals: Fully Permitted, Minus the Permits

September 1, 2026 – Blue Moon declared Nussir's permitting "complete" in June. In July, Nussir applied for a further landfill permit which, by its own admission, no existing permit covered. In August, the Sami Parliament used that application to demand the state reassess the mine's discharge permit, arguing its approvals violate Norwegian and international law and were granted without the legally required consultation.

We reiterate that the basis for Nussir's dumping permits has been invalidated by Norway's Supreme Court. We maintain that Nussir will face the same repercussions as Engebø: the court found an almost identical fjord dumping permit invalid, a defect that "cannot be repaired retrospectively", and the ESA has already concluded Norway acted unlawfully both "by authorising" and "by maintaining in force" the Nussir permit. Applying the NEA's own Engebø standard to Repparfjorden requires disposal cuts of 79-95%. The mine does not work at those volumes, and management knows it.

This landfill application changes none of that. It is a sideshow to the main event, and we highlight it for what it reveals: a management team that declared permitting "complete" four weeks before its own subsidiary filed for a permit it admits nothing else covers, and that has still told the market nothing about it. Blue Moon's management does not run a mining company. It runs a promotion, and the paperwork keeps proving it.

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