Administrative Superior Court Agrees to Emerita’s Request to Suspend the Administrative Court Resolution Until Ruling by the Criminal Courts is Rendered

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[{"type":"text","content":" TORONTO, May 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Emerita Resources Corp. (TSX – V: EMO; OTC: EMOTF) (the “Company” or “Emerita”) announces that the Administrative Superior Court of Andalusia (Seccion Primera Sala de lo Contencioso-Administravo del Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Andalucia) has agreed to Emerita’s request to withhold its resolution with respect to the Aznalcollar administrative case until the Criminal Court trial is resolved. This is viewed by Emerita’s Spanish legal counsel as an important ruling as it ensures that the criminal process, where most of the evidence has been collected, will be sufficiently advanced so that the evidence of the criminal trial can be used in the administrative case. Background On September 30, 2021, the Administrative Court unilaterally lifted the suspension of the administrative case involving the Aznalcollar public tender. Prior to that, the Administrative Court was awaiting the completion of the criminal case. On October 14, 2021, Emerita appealed the decision of the Administrative Court as it was concluded that the relevant facts were essentially identical in both cases and therefore the Administrative Court should wait for the facts to be resolved in the Criminal Court where most of the evidence was compiled. This is the normal process in the vast majority of cases where the Criminal and Administrative courts are in proceedings related to the same case. The Administrative Court has now concurred with Emerita that the facts in the criminal case and the administrative case are substantially similar and has decided to suspend issuing its resolution pending the outcome of the criminal trial. With this decision it is expected that the evidence of the criminal case will be fully available to the Administrative Court in the administrative case. The Administrative Court has already reviewed the case in order to make the determination that the cases are substantially similar and as such Spanish Counsel does not anticipate a significant delay beyond completion of the upcoming criminal court hearings for the Administrative Court resolution. According to Emerita’s Spanish counsel, an ambiguous or unclear administrative ruling could have potentially weakened the legal arguments in the criminal trial. Emerita’s request that the Administrative Court withhold resolving the administrative case until t...

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