Sanctioned

• Blessed
• Approved, for short
• Gave a thumbs-up
• Gave the green light to
• Accepted
• Gave the go-ahead to
• Gave the thumbs up
• Put one's initials on, perhaps

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''' OKD ''' (; Ostrava - Karviná Mines) is a major mining company in the Czech Republic , the only producer of hard coal in the country with an annual production of around 8-9 million tonnes from 4 mines with 23 shafts extracting coal from depths ranging ...