RE: Permits14 Sep 2020 13:10
Sharechancer,
The following permit was an important one at the time.
Award of Full Environmental Permit
Mon, 4th Nov 2019 07:00
RNS Number : 0624S
Harvest Minerals Limited
04 November 2019
Harvest Minerals Limited / Index: LSE / Epic: HMI / Sector: Mining
4 November 2019
Harvest Minerals Limited ('Harvest' or the 'Company')
Award of Full Environmental Permit
Harvest Minerals Limited, the AIM listed remineraliser producer is pleased to announce that the Brazilian Environmental Department ('Superintendencia Regional de Regularização Ambiental' or 'SUPRAM') has issued a full environmental permit for the Company's Arapua remineraliser project.
The permit allows the Company to mine and process up to 400Ktpa which can be further increased when required. In addition, the Company has been granted permission by SUPRAM to further increase the size of the run-of-mine ('ROM') storage areas and clear some other areas to assist production as required.
The award of the full mining permit by the Agência Nacional de Mineração ('ANM') is expected to follow in due course. Meanwhile the Company continues to operate unhindered pursuant to its current trial mining licence, which is valid until Q2, 2021.
Brian McMaster, Executive Chairman of Harvest stated, "As a producer of an organic product, we are very aware of environmental considerations. Sustainability is a key consideration for Harvest and we aim to have minimal environmental impact. Our production facilities don't use any water nor produce any waste. Additionally, we are looking at other initiatives to minimise our environmental footprint going forward. In addition to the environmental considerations, it is important that the permit allows us to produce at a rate above current name plate capacity and also that SUPRAM has consented to the ROM and storage area expansions. As we announced recently, we are increasing production areas in anticipation of next year and beyond and having the environmental consent to move forward is very important."
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014