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Five public meetings

Four MOUs

Three assay results

Two long haul trips

And a by-pass plan submitted

Is there potential for a song in this?

Glad to see no attempt to lay blame at the weather and good to see the assay results shaping up for further resource.

Other than that, not much wiser.

Mick88, you have just doubled the readership of this article.

Maybe just the build up of expectations for the release of the JORC (as flagged a few weeks ago for about now) or the easements (as flagged about 5 months ago) though I doubt confirmation of the by-pass route ( as flagged a few weeks ago) warrants the lifting of a eyelid, let alone the share price.

They have been silent long enough.

On EP linked in page there was also this message from Savannah 5 days ago.. Surprised that this hasn’t warranted a little promotion.

“Proud to have been named one of the world's emerging players to watch in the lithium mining space by the highly reputed Volta Foundation! 🔋 🔝

Access the 2025 Report here: https://lnkd.in/emSwb2Kr

This international recognition is testimony to the work our team is doing day by day and also testimony of the huge potential of the hashtag#BarrosoLithiumProject in contributing to the establishment of a hashtag#lithium battery value chain in hashtag#Portugal and to the reduction of hashtag#Europe´s energy dependency from abroad.

hashtag#EnergyofBarroso hashtag#battery hashtag#EV hashtag#energytransition hashtag#energyindependence

…more”

Good to see that SAV is on the scorecard

EP on linked in a couple of days ago.

“ The next major obstacle to a rapid energy transition is in the primary sector.

If we want technology, the end of oil (with far more than 293 oil wells/mines closed) and controlled emissions, and a better world left to our children, we need 293 more mines 🪨 by 2030 - ... And this is at this moment very difficult, almost impossible.

Given the global needs, Portugal is particularly well placed to help. We have copper🔌and lithium🔋, we have already explored both with very good results, and we have the potential to explore much more - ... And it is precisely these two minerals that require the most new mines in the next 4 years (copper: 61, lithium: 52).

It is a great responsibility. And it is also a great opportunity for Portugal and for the regions that have these resources, and an imperative need for the world.

The strategic program set up by AICEP, which supported the first 4 anchor projects in the country in the lithium sector, goes in the right direction - and already brings the largest industrial investment of this century to Portugal.

A huge victory. Now it remains to execute.

Are we prepared to maximize the country's opportunity and, each with their own responsibility, do well and let it be done?

Let's get to work.”

A very familiar tune outlining the need, Portugal’s blessing, BLP’ readiness and the absence of the starting gun.

If you Google the Portuguese storms it says

“ Storm Kristin was a compact, catastrophic and record-breaking extratropical cyclone that severely impacted Portugal, as well as parts of the Mediterranean and Southeastern Europe in late January 2026.”

The grant agreement was about 20th Jan and Portugal suffered from the initial Kristin and then another three follow ons once it was down. As mentioned Jan 21st, certainly hoped / expected easements to come through a and not nibble away at the time, but if the gov looked to claim force majeure due storms for the delay, they would be hard pressed not to add it to the backend

I live in the Lake District that has suffered a number of storms, wind and endless heavy rain, that has caused huge problems. If we took a couple of weeks as read, then it might appear that we have ‘lost’ another fortnight. Given what they have had to deal with, I am not sure I am hearing alarm bells.

To be fair, I have been reading up a little on the impact that the recent series of storms that have hit Portugal.

Not been a pretty sight and there are calls for a National response.

https://www.portugalresident.com/all-eyes-on-council-of-ministers-for-details-of-portugal-transformation-plan/

That said, the third pillar looks to ensure that ‘they don’t waste anymore time” which might be a cultural shift too far.

…..Just bored into submission, whatever form that might take.

If there was ever to be a review of the process, it would be interesting to find out how and why it has taken quite so long. The gestation period could have provided a herd of African elephants.

Maybe that there are several getting out but there would seem to be at least one buyer getting in / adding at or around this level. At least 6 x 300,000 buys.

Confirmation that there is life would be good.

Right or wrong, Will live with this.

https://x.com/greenorigininv/status/2023086146977468572?s=12&t=AJxxcVs_tbxqv1S84UYMow

Will certainly keep the eventual DFS numbers / IRR on the conservative side.

MG’s rightful comments notwithstanding, Mid January we had an update.

Leaving aside the hoped for news on easements, unlocking much of the future timetable, they did outline other timings that should be falling due, namely the maiden Jorc reserve estimate and by-pass road confirmation.

Over the coming weeks, we are then due info on water management, something that will be a current issue.

Out of the two, the JORC numbers are of more interest though would be a pale insignificance should the real news land.

Just glad that I picked a Lindt Advent calendar

Https://x.com/savannahres/status/2020885649574736315?s=61&t=AJxxcVs_tbxqv1S84UYMow

Not a statement on the case against the EC but certainly a statement in support of the end result and why it is needed now.

Wolster, I live in a relatively small rural community with a number of open pit quarries in and about the area.

Regards other groups to counter the opposition, I am not sure that a small community can support opposing groups as ultimately people still have to live together well after the event.

It is pretty easy to understand an initial call to arms to rally around a No Campaign flag, especially when perceived to be under threat and with limited understanding of what might be, then supported by other external groups grifting their own objections.

Setting up an opposing group would require equally fired up individual activists, without the accompanying external groups (they would be accused of being SAV lobbyists), from the local community, actively going against people in their own community - people that they will have known and possibly relied on for help in all manner of ways over the years/decades/centuries. Essentially a conservative / communal approach with most facing common issues and difficulties.

Whilst there are always some who will feel things so strongly, they will ‘never surrender’, there will be others, more nuanced, who will understand and see varying level of benefits in the proposals, both in the short and longer term future for their own families and the wider community. It doesn’t mean they will immediately put on the other side’s shirt and wave the different flag, but are more likely to go quiet and reserve their independent judgement for the solitude of the ballot box. A vocal minority, with however much external support doesn’t mean that they automatically have the right to assume that they speak for the whole of the community at the far end of a spectrum. I do find it understandable however that the other end of the spectrum would struggle to establish an opposing group.

There is of course the academic group that was more formally established last year, not that they organise marches and banners or any obligatory drums and chanting.

Must say that I was expecting some sort of comment and would be surprised if no measured (and fully checked) statement was not forthcoming days.

Sorry. Didn’t mean to post the same message. It hadn’t cleared and I thought it hadn’t gone

There is nothing for SAV to fight.

There is nothing for SAV to fight.

Upton, maybe they suspected that a further action would be lodged. Sometimes better to take the second move to counter any disclosed problem areas.

Just in support of previous comments, the original group of litigants railing against the ‘strategic status’ also included a second ‘NGO’ namely Mining Watch Portugal (I would struggle to call a local residents pressure group an NGO).

They do not seem to have lent their name to this second action as it would seem to be brought by the residents group and ClientEarth.

“”One wheel on my wagon, and I’m still rolling along” and firing at the wrong target

The case seems to be being brought on the basis that the BLP should not have the ‘strategic’ status under the CRMA, thereby benefiting from accelerated permitting and access to public funds.

The vast majority of the permitting work was completed before the CRMA was passed.

They recently grant was inked prior to this new action and was it dependent on having EU strategic status or recognised by the Portuguese Gov as being of national import?

I see that ‘ The commission now has two and a half months to reply and lodge a defence, although it could be granted an extension. After that, a hearing and ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) is expected, in a process that could take up to 24 months.’. Heaven forbid but the action may strip the project of a title, but does this prevent ongoing progress whilst waiting for any decision.

Disappointing but hardly a surprise. Can but hope that the ECJ gives it prompt attention.

What wasn’t too much of a surprise was that the Portugal Resident reported on this immediately with its usual delight. That said, they were absolutely right in their comment:

“ This is a struggle that has been going on for more than eight years – and every time those battling …… manage to find another way to stay in the fight.”

In the court case battles it is something like 9-0 (maybe more) so SAV will no doubt carry on regardless whilst this rumbles on in the background.

I may be wrong and no doubt hindsight will confront either way, but the tactics of some NGOs remind me of the posse of Human Rights lawyers. They align to a cause and help, encourage local groups to take things ever further and onwards to the end of the road at other peoples expense. They then disappear with a notable notch on their CVs for their futures, proving their experience of valuable Glorious Defeats on their pathway to a future victory, whilst retaining their indignant belief in their righteousness. At least there is no attempt to hide behind the fictional cab rank fallacy that seems be trotted out as an explanation / excuse by some these days