Bearing Lithium Corp. (fka BLILF)

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WEALTH MINERALS

(from ceoDOTca)

(El Mercurio de Antofagasta) A series of judicial and administrative actions will be carried out in the next few days by the Council of Atacameos Peoples (CPA), with the aim of stopping the progress of a new project to produce lithium in the Salar de Atacama. This was announced by the president of that organization, Sergio Cubillos, who said that this week they will resort to the Environmental Assessment Service (SEA) to try to revoke the decision that authorized the project owner, the Canadian mining company Wealth Minerals, to begin an exploration campaign no need to enter the Environmental Impact Assessment System (Seia). «This week we will specify that presentation. We believe that the service omitted some important actions in the evaluation of the relevance consultation, such as officiating the Environment Ministry, and did not take into consideration that the exploration to be carried out is located in a sector near a nature sanctuary » Cubillos explained. On that point, it is necessary to remember that the Regional Council approved to request explanations from the SEA, about its decision to leave the Environment Ministry out of the relevance consultation requested by Wealth Minerals. Means Additionally, the representative of the atacameas communities warned that they will resort to the First Environmental Court of Antofagasta (1TA), to stop an initiative that, according to his vision, does not have the necessary authorizations to execute. “It is the Ministry of Mining through a Special Lithium Operation Contract that must give the authorization for that project to be completed and that has not happened, therefore we will submit the complaint to the SEA, but we will also go to the environmental justice because this company intends to do the exploration without the required contract, ”he said. In addition to the two actions described above, Cubillos said that this week the CPA will join the protection appeal filed a few days ago by the Coyo Community against the SEA and its regional director, Ramn Guajardo. The judicial action was motivated by the resolution 207/2019 of the distribution of government, by which it rejected the entrance to the Seia of the project “Campaign for exploration of non-metallic minerals in the Salar de Atacama”, of the Canadian mining company. According to the legal presentation, the SEA resolution would be affecting fundamental rights such as the right to psychic integrity; equality before the law; to live in a pollution-free environment; and property. The sponsoring lawyer of that case, Jaime Araya, explained that this week the Court of Appeals of Antofagasta should inform about the date on which the allegations will materialize, which will depend on whether a SEA action is requested that requested to extend the deadlines. From the mining company they have defended explaining that the project in question consists of a single exploration probe, which does not consider pumping tests, nor brine extraction. «The project only includes extracting small samples from it to analyze its chemical composition. The technology that will be used corresponds to the sonic drilling technique, which does not require the use of water and is therefore less environmentally invasive than others available, ”they explained in a statement. He also explained that the platform required for exploration will not be located at any Ramsar site or within the Tebenquinche Lagoon polygon. "Moreover, to avoid environmentally undesirable effects, an exploration point was carefully selected in an area outside the extended Ramsar site, as stated in the documentation provided to the SEA."

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