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Minera Alamos Receives Federal Environmental Permit Approvals for the Santana Gold Project, Sonora, Mexico
Toronto, Ontario and Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - August 8, 2019) -   ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Minera Alamos Receives Federal Environmental Permit Approvals for the Santana Gold Project, Sonora, MexicoToronto, Ontario and Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - August 8, 2019) -  Minera Alamos Inc. (\"Minera\" or the \"Company\") (TSXV: MAI) is pleased to announce that it has received the MIA (Manifestacion de Impacto Ambiental or \"Environmental Impact Statement\") permit approval from the Federal Agency (Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales - SEMARNAT), for the development of the Company's Santana gold project (\"Santana\") in Sonora, Mexico. Together with the previously announced (see Company News Release dated June 27, 2019) change of land use notification, the receipt of the authorized MIA documentation provides the Company with the key approvals necessary for the construction of a commercial scale mine and gold heap leach processing facilities at the Santana project site.\"The receipt of the MIA permit approvals represents the culmination of our efforts over the last couple of years to transform Minera Alamos into a commercial gold producer. We are extremely proud of our technical team's efforts to successfully obtain operating permits for the Santana project in a little over a year following their submission.\" stated Darren Koningen, CEO of Minera Alamos. \"The Company is currently well positioned to initiate construction activities late this year with first gold production planned mid-2020. In addition, as our geological knowledge of the Santana project area has expanded dramatically over the last year, we are excited to advance our exploration efforts and to demonstrate the full resource potential of the area as we move forward with the proposed mine development.\" The Santana MIA-ETJ applications were structured to provide the Company with significant flexibility to further optimize the development approach for the project and the ability to expand the project operations organically once resources are increased. The recently approved documents cover the following activities:Approximately 73 hectares approved for mining use in the MIA which includes the required areas for initial development of the Nicho and Nicho Norte gold deposits as well as the related gold extraction and recovery facilities.The MIA remains in good standing for a period of 33 years which covers the potential construc...