NEWS

By Jane Bentham | Global Mining Review | March 5, 2024 12:00

Bluebird Merchant Ventures Ltd, a gold company primarily focused on bringing historic mines back into production, has announced that E-Green Management & Environmental Consultancy Corporation (E-Green) has been appointed to undertake the preparation of the Environmental Impact Study (EIS) and application of an Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) for the Lobo high-grade gold mining opportunity within the Batangas project area in the Philippines.

The Project is being developed in tandem with the company’s local Joint Venture partner which is fully funding the Projects advancement to production decision, including the EIS. The JV has already received the Certificate of Approval from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) for its Two-Year Community Development Plan and the Project has two 25-year Mineral Production Sharing Agreements (‘MPSA’) in place. The EIS, along with a Declaration of Mining Project Feasibility, are the two key outstanding compliance permissions for the Project.

Under the terms of the of Agreement, E-Green, a Philippines focused environmental consultancy based in Quezon City, has committed to enact the following which is estimated to take in the region of 12 months:

• Public Scoping to present the proposed project and EIA process to the stakeholders particularly the general public and provide an open forum to gather project related issues and concerns.
• Enact baseline data studies and methodology for the project will include land surveys, site assessments, pedology, terrestrial ecology, hydrology and hydrogeology, climate and meteorology, air quality and noise analysis, demographic and socio-economic profiling, and public analysis.
• Submit a code compliant EIS.
• Facilitate public hearings to present the results of the EIS to the stakeholders and to provide an open forum to gather the remaining issues, concerns, and clarifications.

Bluebird CEO Colin Patterson said, “The appointment of E-Green by our JV company to conduct the EIS is a positive step forward for the advancement of activities at Lobo in the Batangas Gold Project area, one of three high grade gold projects in our portfolio. Our local partner, which is funding all work including permitting to a production decision in return for 60% of the Project, believe that this is the most important activity at this time for the Project to be advanced. It has already been instrumental in securing the Community Development Plan underlining the importance of having local partners and we look forward to reporting the milestones as the work progresses.”

Source: Global Mining Review

.