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CANADA CARBON APPEALS CPTAQ DECISION ON MILLER GRAPHITE PROJECT
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n CANADA CARBON APPEALS CPTAQ DECISION ON MILLER GRAPHITE PROJECT\n \n\n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n\n\n\n\n\n Canada NewsWire\n \n\n\n\n\n\n MONTREAL\n \n\n ,\n \n\n May 5, 2025\n \n\n /CNW/ -\n \n Canada Carbon Inc.\n \n (TSXV: CCB), (\"Canada Carbon\" or \"the Company\") announces that it has appealed the decision of the\n \n Commission de Protection du Territoire Agricole du Québec\n \n (\"CPTAQ\" or \"the Commission\") concerning its Miller Graphite Project (the \"Miller Project\") located in\n \n Grenville-sur-la-Rouge\n \n (\"GSLR\"). This is an inexplicable and worrying decision that will have a significant negative impact on the development of projects related to critical and strategic minerals, and the precedent it sets for the\n \n Quebec\n \n mining industry.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n In a ruling handed down on\n \n March 18, 2025\n \n , the CPTAQ refused to authorize development of the Miller Project, arguing that it would have a negative impact on the general interest of protecting the land and agricultural activities. Contrary to results of the Company's completed Preliminary Economic Assessment, the CPTAQ is also not convinced of the economic benefits associated with the Miller project. This belief has no basis in empirical data.\n \n\n Canada\n \n Carbon\n \n believes that this deeply flawed decision contravenes certain principles that govern the CPTAQ's evaluation process. Most notably, the CPTAQ is charged with harmonizing mining activities with agricultural activities, insofar as it is possible to do so.  Additionally, the Commission should attempt to mitigate the impact of mining activities on agricultural activities, by imposing the necessary conditions as part of the authorizations issued.  It is clear that the CPTAQ has made no effort to reconcile and harmonize Canada Carbon's activities with surrounding activities.  As a result, The Commission has not exercised its jurisdiction in compliance with the Mining Act, or in compliance with other jurisprudential principles applicable in similar matters.\n \n\n Moreover, th...