230620001585 - AMENDMENT TO AN ECC IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR EXPLORATION MINING OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DISCOVERED ON THREE MINING CLAIMS HELD BY THE SMALL-SCALE MINER. THE MINING CLAIMS ARE MC-67009, MC-67010 AND MC-67011

HE PROPONENT WOULD LIKE TO MINE INDUSTRIAL MINERALS RECENTLY DISCOVERED ON HIS THREE MINING CLAIMS. MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE MINING CLAIM HOLDER WOULD LIKE TO MINE ABOUT 600 000 TONS OF LITHIUM ORE FROM HIS MINING CLAIMS (MC-67009, MC-67010 & MC-67011) FOR EXPORT TO HIS CLIENTS AS DSO (DIRECT SHIPMENT ORE) OVER A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS (36 MONTHS). THE TONNAGE WILL BE MINED FROM MINING CLAIMS HELD BY THE PROPONENT AS WELL AS FROM MINING CLAIMS HELD BY OTHER SMALL-SCALE MINERS ON THE SAME FARM WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROJECT. AN UPDATED ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN AND AMENDED ECC WOULD ALLOW THE MINING COMMISSIONER TO REGISTER LITHIUM AND TIN DISCOVERED ON THE MINING CLAIMS OF THE PROPONENT TO BE REGISTERED ON HIS MINING CLAIM REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE. THE REGISTRATION OF SUCH MINERALS WOULD ALLOW THE PROPONENT TO MINE SUCH MINERALS AND TO BE GIVEN EXPORT PERMITS BY THE MINING COMMISSIONER TO BE ABLE TO EXPORT LITHIUM ORE TO HIS OFFSHORE BASED CLIENTS

Prpject status APPROVED

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