ASX-listed Elementos has appointed consultant Environmental Resources Management (ERM) to update the environmental impact study (EIS) for its flagship Oropesa tin project, in Spain.
Completed by the project’s previous owner, Eurotin, the EIS is being revised to better align with the company’s redesigned mine development plan which now proposes an opencut operation, a significantly reduced site footprint, enhanced ore-processing, and greater utilisation of the resource to decrease waste.
The EIS will be part of the package of documents that Elementos is required to submit for the granting of a unified environmental authorisation (AAU), a key regulatory requirement for a mining permit.
ERM will also prepare a number of environmental annexes as part of the EIS, that may be presented separately in such a way that they can be included as supporting documentation for the AAU.