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Environmental Impact Assessment Review Update
Environmental Impact Assessment Review Update.
About this update from Savannah Resources Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n 20 December 2022\n \n \n \n \n Savannah Resources Plc\n \n \n \n (AIM: SAV, FWB: SAV and SWB: SAV)\n \n ('Savannah', or the 'Company')\n \n \n \n \n \n Environmental Impact Assessment Review Update\n \n \n \n \n Savannah Resources, the European lithium development company, is pleased to provide an update on the 'Article 16' phase of the review being conducted by Portugal's environmental regulator, Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente ('APA'), on the Environmental Impact Assessment (the 'EIA') of the Barroso Lithium Project (the 'Project'). As previously announced on 6 July 2022, Savannah agreed for the EIA review process to enter this additional, time-limited, phase.\n \n Highlights\n \n \n · Savannah is nearing completion of a series of very productive virtual and face to face meetings with APA and other member groups of APA's EIA evaluation committee, which were initiated in July on entering the Article 16 phase of the EIA\n \n ·\n The meetings have continued to be constructive and have helped Savannah to gain a full understanding of the committee's concerns in relation to the Company's previous EIA submission for the Project\n \n · Savannah, in collaboration with its team of local and international engineering and environmental consultancies, has now developed an updated site layout and mine plan which Savannah believes addresses the concerns raised by APA and its evaluation committee, whilst reducing the overall environmental impact of the Project\n \n · The changes are not expected to have an adverse impact on volume or quality of the planned spodumene production\n \n · Work is now largely focused on the revisions of the EIA documents and Savannah remains on track to make its resubmission during Q1 2023, ahead of the 17 March deadline\n \n · Following submission of the updated EIA, APA will then have a maximum of 50 business days to conduct its review and issue its Declaration of Environmental Impact ('DIA') decision\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dale Ferguson, CEO of Savannah Resources said,\n \n \"We have continued to work closely with APA to find agreeable solutions to the concerns they raised about Savannah's original EIA. APA's staff have been very helpful and constructive during this process, and we thank them for the positive attitude taken to resolve these concerns while we seek to optimise...