Tinka Resources Receives Approval for Ayawilca EIA

Tinka Resources Ltd. (TSXV:TK) announced that the General Bureau of Environmental Affairs of Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines has approved the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the proposed drill program at the company’s Ayawilca zinc project.

As quoted in the press release:

The EIA submitted to and approved by the authorities is categorized as an EIAsd (Environmental Impact Assessment, semi-detailed) and allows the Company to include in its drill program more than 20 platforms. The Company is pleased with the approval of the EIA for Ayawilca which comes as a result of many months of committed and detailed work performed by its Peruvian management, staff members, consulting team and project stakeholders. The EIA has been approved for a period of 30 months.

Andrew Carter, president and CEO of Tinka, commented:

This is a strategic development for the Company and it now allows us to advance Ayawilca with a second expanded drill program. In addition to the EIA, the Company has just completed, and will submit its water study to the local water authority – ALA Pasco – early next week and as a result complete all the permitting requirements needed to proceed with the next phase drill program at Ayawilca.

Click here to read the full Tinka Resources Ltd. (TSXV:TK) press release.