East Africa Metals Receives Approval of Mine Permit Application for Terakimti Oxide Gold Project

East Africa Metals Inc.(TSXV: EAM) (“East Africa Metals” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce it has been informed the Ministry of Mines, Petroleum and Natural Gas (the “Ministry”) has completed its review of the Company’s Mine Permit Application and has issued a draft Model Agreement for the Company’s Terakimti Oxide Gold Project located in the Tigray National Regional State of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
As quoted in the press release:

“This is an important milestone for East Africa Metals and the Ethiopian resources sector,” said Andrew Lee Smith, East Africa Metals CEO. “We anticipate the Terakimti Oxide Gold Project will be the first heap leach operation in the country and will be an important basis for the future development of the highly prospective copper-gold VMS systems in the Tigray region.”

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