South Star Battery Metals Announces Construction and Development Update for the Santa Cruz Graphite Mine in Bahia, Brazil

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n South Star Battery Metals Announces Construction and Development Update for the Santa Cruz Graphite Mine in Bahia, Brazil\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n Highlights:\n \n \n \n \n \n Civil and earthworks contractors mobilized, and\n \n Santa Cruz\n \n is on schedule to complete construction and commissioning by\n \n December 2023\n \n .\n \n \n \n \n Majority of major equipment contracts signed and down payments completed to lock in equipment CAPEX. All major equipment contracts scheduled to be finalized in\n \n January 2023\n \n .\n \n \n \n \n Owners team mobilized and preparing for 12-month construction and commissioning.\n \n \n \n \n Field work for Phases 2 & 3 environmental permitting completed. On schedule to submit documentation in early Q1 2023.\n \n \n \n \n Request for definitive mining concession and the Planned Economic Analysis\n \n \n reports (\"PAE\") doubling production to 50,000 tonne per year (\"tpy\") of graphite concentrates for 11 of the 13 mining claims submitted to ANM for review and comment. All PAEs on schedule for submittal by\n \n January 2023\n \n .\n \n \n \n \n Initial field work for 3 lines of geophysics completed and in interpretation. Remaining field work expected to be completed in\n \n January 2023\n \n and final report issued in\n \n February 2023\n \n .\n \n \n \n \n \n \n VANCOUVER, BC\n \n \n ,\n \n \n Dec. 28, 2022\n \n \n /CNW/ - South Star Battery Metals Corp. (\"South Star\" or the \"Company\") (TSXV: STS) (OTCQB: STSBD), is pleased to announce a construction and project development for the Santa Cruz Graphite Mine in Bahia,\n \n Brazil\n \n .\n \n \n \n PHASE 1 CONSTRUCTION UPDATE\n \n \n \n \n The majority of the major equipment has been contracted and down payments made to lock in largest portion of Phase 1 capital expenditures (\"CAPEX\"). All major equipment contracts are on schedule to be signed by\n \n January 2023\n \n . Shop drawings are being finalized by equipment manufacturers, and final engineering documentation for construction is on...

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