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Meridian Mining Announces Cabacal's Preliminary Licence Approval by Mato Grosso's CONSEMA Council Meeting
HIGHLIGHTS: Meridian Mining’s Cabaçal Au-Cu-Ag Project’s Preliminary Licen...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Meridian Mining Announces Cabacal's Preliminary Licence Approval by Mato Grosso's CONSEMA Council MeetingHIGHLIGHTS:Meridian Mining’s Cabaçal Au-Cu-Ag Project’s Preliminary Licence (“PL”) approved by CONSEMA Council Meeting:Mato Grosso’s CONSEMA Council Meeting unanimously approves Cabaçal’s PLLong term socio-economic benefits of Mato Grosso and Brazil’s next mine, moves closer to being shovel-ready with PL’s approval by CONSEMA.Cabaçal’s technical merits, environmental feasibility and social acceptance affirmed.PL moves to formal issuance via the State of Mato Grosso’s official gazette.Meridian Mining completes another strategic step forward towards building its first mine at Cabaçal:Cabaçal’s Definitive Feasibility Study advances towards publication in 2026; andCabaçal’s Installation License application is advancing towards submission.London, United Kingdom--(Newsfile Corp. - October 30, 2025) - Meridian Mining UK S (TSX: MNO) (FSE: N2E) (OTCQX: MRRDF) (\"Meridian\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce that CONSEMA, the Environmental Council for the State of Mato Grosso, met in Cuiaba on October 29, 2025, and unanimously approved the Cabaçal Au-Cu-Ag project's (\"Cabaçal\") Preliminary Licence (\"PL\"). CONSEMA's decision, after reviewing SEMA's (Mato Grosso State Environmental Secretariat) positive technical opinion, which was based on the Environmental Impact Assessment (\"EIA\") & Relatório de Impacto Ambiental (\"RIMA\") of Cabaçal.The formal issuance of the Preliminary Licence is now in process with SEMA, who publish the formal approval in the State of Mato Grosso gazette: www.iomat.mt.gov.br. Meridian is not aware of any risks associated to the formal gazetting of the PL.Previously the team of Meridian's local subsidiary, Rio Cabaçal Mineração Ltda, along with the representatives of SETE, GE21 and Ausenco had presented to CONSEMA. Together, they communicated Cabaçal's technical aspects, environmental and social impacts, and demonstrate the long-term socio-economic benefits of the proposed mine to a positive and supportive response. The CONSEMA council, supported by the positive technical opinion of SEMA, unanimously voted in favour of the issuance of the PL.Th...