Environmental impact assessment approved for Anatolia's Copler Gold Project

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nTORONTO, April 16 /CNW/ - Anatolia Minerals Development Limited\n("Anatolia") (TSX:ANO) is pleased to announce the environmental impact\nassessment ("EIA") for its 100%-owned Copler Gold Project will be granted a\npositive certificate from the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry\n("MoEF"). The positive certificate is to be formally issued after the normal\ndocumentation process is complete and is anticipated within 30 days.\n\n\nThis is a major step in advancing the Copler Gold Project and allows\nAnatolia to enter into final negotiations to secure forest land leases and\nproceed with other associated permits. Anatolia has been in preparatory\ndiscussions with the MoEF on the subject of these forest land leases for the\npast several months and believes there are no significant impediments to\nsecuring these leases. Upon receipt of these forestry land leases and\ncompletion of ongoing optimization studies, Anatolia will announce a\nconstruction schedule for the project, which is expected to require\napproximately 18 months to complete.\n\n\nConcurrent with the ongoing permitting process, Anatolia continues to\nadvance significant pre-construction activities. Engineering and procurement\nservices are approximately 80% complete. Critical long lead-time items are on\nschedule, with the first pieces of primary processing equipment having been\nshipped.\n\n\nEdward C. Dowling, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We\nare extremely pleased with the approval of the Copler EIA. This is a major\nmilestone and reflects the hard work of many people and close cooperation with\nthe Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry. We are now looking toward\nclearing the final few steps and then moving forward with construction."\n\n\nAbout Anatolia\n\n\nAnatolia is developing its 100%-owned Copler Oxide Gold Project in\nTurkey. The initial phase of development anticipates mining the open-pittable\noxide portion of the deposit over a 10-year period, producing 1.8 million\nounces gold and 2.2 million ounces silver.\n\n\nAnatolia is also continuing studies for a second phase expansion to\ninclude future development of the Copler Sulfide Gold Project. Positive\nresults from the preliminary assessment indicate potential additional recovery\nof 2.3 million ounces gold over a 12 year...

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