Savannah resources / asmaa
Barroso Lithium Mine
The Mirandela Administrative and Tax Court accepted the precautionary action to request the suspension of the administrative servitude granted to Savannah Resources for the prospecting of lithium on land of the Braroso De Baldio.
The administrative servitude that allowed Savannah resumes to make mining prospects on village land BARROSthanks to a precautionary action brought by three owners against the Ministry of Environment.
The precautionary action was delivered to the Mirandela Administrative and Fiscal Court and, in a statement, the United Defense Association of Covas de Barroso (UDCB) explains that the “admission order SUSPEND ALL WORKS in the area of servitude until the future decision of the Court ”.
UDCB said this decision is made under Article 128 of the Code of Procedure in Administrative Courts (CPTA).
The Secretary of State for Energy, Maria João Pereiraissued an order, published on 6 December in Diário da República, which authorizes the constitution of administrative servitude, for a period of one year, which allows the company Savannah.
This Decision was challenged by affected owners and mayors.
Contacted by the Lusa Agency, the president of UDCB, Nelson Gomesexplained that they were three owners who interposed the precautionary providence To wage servitude, but that the suspensive effect covers all land affected by the government decision.
Population on the ground to do the “recognition”
UDCB also said that the Ministry of Environment was notified during Wednesday and that “it is obliged by law to comply with the decision.”
Therefore, from this Thursday, the communities of Covas do Barroso and Rominho “will be on the ground to ensure the immediate suspension From the work and waging a project that threatens its well-being, the mountains and the future of Barroso. ”
“The time of servitude is over”You can read in the statement.
Lusa Nelson Gomes said that the providence was admitted by the court on January 30, but, he explained, only produces effect from the moment the parties are notified of the decision, which happened on Wednesday.
So, he stressed, for now “The works have to stop”.
“Our goal is precisely to stop the project because, at this moment, there is a total destruction of private land and vacant lots. This invasion that is happening to us makes no sense at all, it is a very little democratic process that we do not understand, ”said the association’s president.
Following the announcement of administrative servitude, in December, Savannah Resources announced power to “resume field work and necessary perforations” for the definitive study (DFS) and the Environmental Compliance Process of the Lithium of Barroso project, providing for these steps to complete these steps in 2025.
The company has already said it expected to start production in 2027.
A Portuguese Agency of the Environment (APA) entered the Lithium exploration in the Barroso Mine by issuing a favorable environmental impact declaration conditioned on.
