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Submission of EIA & Mine Plan for Mina do Barroso
Submission of EIA & Mine Plan for Mina do Barroso.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n RNS Number : 4506O\n Savannah Resources PLC\n 01 June 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 01 June 2020 \n \n Savannah Resources Plc\n \n ('Savannah' or the 'Company')\n \n \n Submission of EIA & Mine Plan for Mina do Barroso\n \n Submission of the Mina do Barroso Project Environmental Impact Assessment & Mine Plan to the Portuguese Regulator for Construction and Operation of the Project\n \n Savannah is pleased to announce that it has today submitted the Environmental Impact Assessment ('EIA') and accompanying Mine Plan ('MP') reports for its wholly owned Mina do Barroso lithium project (\"Mina do Barroso\" or the \"Project\") to Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente, ('APA'), the Portuguese Environmental Agency. Submission of the EIA is a major milestone for Savannah as this step represents the culmination of over 18 months of work by the Company's Project team and expert, independent environmental consultants including baseline data collection, analysis, and mitigation design and planning.\n \n •Mina do Barroso will be designed and operated to minimise its impact on the natural environment and society and to ensure its lithium product carries the minimal carbon footprint into the lithium battery supply chain\n •Approval of the EIA is regarded as the key element in the Project's overall approval process\n •The EIA will be made public by APA once it is satisfied that the report is in conformity with its application requirements whereupon a mandated period of public consultation with stakeholders will commence\n •The 3,720 page EIA was prepared by VISA Consultores ('VISA'), one of Portugal's leading environmental consultancies, and the authors of the previous EIA for Mina do Barroso which was approved in association with the original Mining Lease award in 2006\n •The new EIA is required to reflect the proposal for a larger operation and additional, value adding processing with the production of at least 175,000t per annum of spodumene lithium concentrate\n •At 2,310 pages, the MP submitted alongside the EIA, provides the regulator with an equally comprehensive review of all aspects of the Project's design, construction and operation that can now be incorporated into the Definitive Feasibility Study ('DFS').\n •While the APA review is underway, Savannah's team will continue to...