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Giyani Metals Receives EMP Approvals from the DEA in Botswana for the K.Hill and Otse Manganese Prospects
Not for distribution to U.S. newswire services or for dissemination in the United States OAKVILLE, Ontario, May 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Giyani Metals Corp.
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[{"type":"text","content":" Not for distribution to U.S. newswire services or for dissemination in the United States OAKVILLE, Ontario, May 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Giyani Metals Corp. May 24, 2019 (TSXV:EMM) (FRANKFURT:KT9) (WKN:A2DUU8) (“Giyani” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that The Department of Environmental Affairs (“DEA”) in Botswana has approved the Environmental Management Plans (“EMP”) for its K.Hill and Otse manganese prospects and requested the Company to proceed to the next step of public review. Giyani submitted three EMPs for its Botswana manganese prospects K.Hill, Otse, and Lobatse, in late 2018 and early 2019. The Company further submitted updated EMPs based on comments and clarifications from the DEA on the first submissions. On May 22, 2019 Giyani received final approval for the K.Hill and Otse EMPs clearing the way to the next and final step in the process which is a public review of the proposed EMPs in the government gazette and local newspapers. The public review notice will highlight the location and nature of the proposed activities, and the anticipated environmental impacts along with the mitigating measures the Company proposes to put in place to counter those impacts. The public review notice will be published in local newspapers and run at least once weekly for four consecutive weeks inviting written comments from interested parties. Giyani has booked the nearest available spot in the government gazette to start the public review notification process on June 7, 2019. Robin Birchall, CEO of Giyani commented: “We are delighted with the K.Hill and Otse EMP approvals and we anticipate receiving the Lobatse EMP approval in the near future. These significant milestones further our progress toward allowing the Company to proceed with its plans to remediate the sites at K.Hill and Otse. The remediation will allow us to process the manganese stockpiles in and around K.Hill and Otse and achieve our objective of improving the environmental conditions at those two prospects. In addition, these activities will generate revenues to help us further develop our projects towards becoming a leading independent producer of battery grade manganese.” About Giyani Giyani Metals Corp. is a Canadian junior exploration company focused on creating shareholder value by accelerating the development of its high-grade manganese project in t...