Savannah has submitted the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and associated mine plan reports for its Mina do Barroso lithium project to the Portuguese Environmental Agency, Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente (APA).
The Mina do Barroso mine is a high-grade, low-iron lithium project. It is being developed in northern Portugal.
Meanwhile, Savannah is planning to continue to finalise its stakeholder engagement strategy, advance the project’s definitive feasibility study (DFS), and negotiate with the project’s potential commercial partners and strategic investors.
Savannah CEO David Archer said: “This report incorporates detailed design and planning work in relation to site layout and infrastructure, pit and plant design, and scheduling and production rates that can now be folded into the ongoing DFS exercise.
“Savannah’s technical team will now continue with the work on the project’s DFS while being ready to respond to queries and requests for any additional information from APA, which is the next step in the EIA approval process.
“The remainder of the Savannah team will be working on upcoming presentations to local stakeholders of our long-term community engagement programme which will accompany the Project’s development, as well as our ongoing negotiations with the Project’s potential commercial partners and strategic investors.”
Mina do Barroso mine’s design would reduce the impact on the environment
Savannah said that the design and operation of the Mina do Barroso mine would reduce the impact on the environment and society while ensuring minimal carbon footprint into the lithium battery supply chain.
Archer added: “While virus-related challenges still have the potential to cause further delays to the execution of our strategy for the Project, Savannah expects to make further progress with key Project related work programmes during 2020 and I look forward to providing our shareholders with further updates as appropriate.”
The Mina do Barroso project is expected to produce an average of 175,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of spodumene concentrate at 6% Li2O.
The Mina do Barroso mine is a high-grade, low-iron lithium project. It is being developed in northern Portugal.
