Horizonte Minerals: Mine Construction Licence Application Submitted to Environmental Agency

Horizonte Minerals (TSX:HZM)(AIM:HZM) (‘Horizonte’ or ‘the Company’), the nickel development company focussed in Brazil, is pleased to announce that is has completed and filed the Mine Construction Licence (‘Installation Licence’ or ‘LI’) for its Araguaia nickel project (‘Araguaia’ or ‘the Project’), Brazil’s next ferronickel project.
The LI was submitted to SEMAS, the Pará State authority responsible for environmental licensing, for the construction of the Project, including mine, associated infrastructure and pyro-metallurgical processing plant.
Horizonte CEO, Jeremy Martin, commented:

“The submission of the Mine Construction Licence (‘LI’) marks a major milestone for the Araguaia nickel project, as it moves towards the construction decision. The work required to collect the data and develop the suite of documents that make up the LI has been finalised as part of Araguaia’s ongoing Feasibility Study, which is on track for completion in Q1 2018.”

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