Beowulf Mining plc provided Kallak North Exploitation concession update. The Mining Inspectorate maintains that it is the Government that should decide on the Company's application for an Exploitation Concession for Kallak North. In its comments, the Mining Inspectorate has highlighted that the CAB's assessment of which national interest should take precedence under Chapter 3 of the Environmental Code, is based on the CAB's assumption that the estimated production life of the Kallak mine is approximately 14 years. The Mining Inspectorate remarks that the mineral resource underlying any Exploitation Concession application is the known part of the mineralisation which makes a mine likely to be economically profitable, such that a Concession can thereby be granted. The Mining Inspectorate states that after the start of a mine, further exploration is typically carried out, with the aim of gradually increasing the resource base, thereby extending the production life of a mine. Additional resources that are found are benefited by the infrastructure and operational facilities that already exist, improving the economic conditions for continued production. The Mining Inspectorate has given examples of existing mines in Sweden, which have done just this, applying for separate Exploitation Concessions over time, thereby extending their production lives. These include Boliden's Aitik mine, in operation since 1968, the Garpenberg mine, in operation since the thirteenth century, and the Kristineberg mine, in operation since 1940. The Mining Inspectorate concludes that it is not possible to estimate the exact production life of Kallak nr. 1, but that the Mining Inspectorate's comments on the potential for the discovery of additional resources, that support an extended production life, as evidenced by other mines in Sweden, should be taken into consideration, when assessing which national interest should take precedence.