Green Technology Metals (ASX:GT1) has received formal notification confirming completion of the environmental assessment (EA) process for its Seymour Lithium Project in northwestern Ontario, Canada.
The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) issued a statement of completion for the permit to remove forest resources. GT1 says this ‘major’ milestone allows government agencies to issue development permits across the applied project area.
The company submitted its project description in November 2022 and received a Category B classification from the ministry in September 2023.
According to GT1, this designation reflects potential low to medium environmental impacts, which aligns with Seymour’s processing model that uses gravity-based separation and no chemicals to produce concentrate.
Managing Director Cameron Henry says the EA completion is ‘extremely pleasing’, noting that it highlights the ‘low-risk’ profile of the development.
“The project is a simple small- to medium-sized operation that is extremely environmentally friendly given that we simply extract the raw minerals, sort and wash them, and then use gravity to separate the unwanted material from the spodumene we are concentrating,” Henry says.
“Although larger in scale, the process and operation are not too dissimilar from a quarrying operation that is used for sourcing of road base materials and uses techniques and processing that are well known in the industry.
“The receipt of the EA is another milestone completion on our pathway to permitting the Seymour mine and highlights the ongoing work progressed by our team throughout the lithium market downturn and continuing into this next cycle for the commodity we’re currently in.”
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