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Kallak Iron Ore Project - UNESCO comments
Kallak Iron Ore Project - UNESCO comments.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n RNS Number : 2385B\n Beowulf Mining PLC\n 09 June 2021\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The information contained within this announcement is deemed to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (\"MAR\") (EU) No. 596/2014, as incorporated into UK law by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. Upon the publication of this announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.\n \n \n \n \n \n 9 June 2021\n \n \n Beowulf Mining plc\n \n \n (\"Beowulf\" or the \"Company\")\n \n \n Kallak Iron Ore Project - UNESCO comments\n \n \n \n \n \n Beowulf (AIM: BEM; Spotlight: BEO), the mineral exploration and development company, has assessed UNESCO's comments on the Company's application for an Exploitation Concession for the Kallak Iron Ore Project (\"Kallak\").\n \n \n Main comments from UNESCO\n \n \n · \n UNESCO suggests that the Swedish Government seek a 'revised and extended In-Depth Assessment which provides a more secure basis for assessing the impact of the proposed development on the World Heritage Property…prior to any decision being taken to approve the mining exploitation'.\n \n \n · \n UNESCO refers to Decision 37 COM 7 of the World Heritage Committee and a '\"No-go\" commitment by not permitting extractive activities within World Heritage properties and by making every effort to ensure that extractive companies…cause no damage to World Heritage properties'.\n \n \n · \n UNESCO states that 'the role of the Sami Parliament is clearly relevant to the assessment of the impact of the proposed development on the World Heritage property'.\n \n \n · \n UNESCO suggests the Swedish Government 'should consider how the practice of reindeer husbandry outside the property and directly related to reindeer husbandry within the property will be protected'.\n \n \n Overview of the Operational Guidelines of the World Heritage Convention \n \n \n The planned mine at Kallak is not located in the World Heritage property Laponian Area (\"Laponia\"). Section 172 of the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention (the \"Guidelines\"), referred to in correspondence between the Swedish Government's Näringsdepartementet and UNESCO, states:\n \n \n \"The World Heritage Committee invites the ...