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Sonoro Gold says it has filed an environmental impact statement for its Cerro Caliche gold project in Sonora, Mexico

Published: 11:52 04 May 2022 EDT

Sonoro Gold Corp - says it has filed an environmental impact statement for its Cerro Caliche gold project in Sonora, Mexico
The company said the filing of the document follows the compilation of “extensive” technical and environmental studies conducted on the Cerro Caliche concession over the past four years

Sonoro Gold Corp (TSX-V:SGO, OTCQB:SMOFF) announced that it has filed an Environmental Impact Statement, or Manifestacion de Impacto Ambiental (MIA) for its near development-stage Cerro Caliche gold project in Sonora, Mexico.

The Canadian exploration and development company said that Mexican law requires mining construction and operation activities to have an approved MIA, as well as a Change of Land Use permit, or Autorizacion en Cambio de Uso de Suelo (ETJ), from the Mexican federal permitting authority, Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT).

Sonoro Gold said it is currently completing the “required documentation” for the Change of Land Use application and anticipates filing it with SEMARNAT soon.

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“Completing the MIA provided us with an opportunity to work closely with various stakeholders and I would like to thank everyone who worked alongside us as we conducted multiple environmental baseline studies and socio-economic assessments,” Jorge Diaz, who is the vice president of operations, at Sonoro Gold, said in a statement. “The filing of the MIA is an important step in the project’s development, and we will continue to move the project forward during the permitting process.”

Meanwhile, Sonoro CEO Kenneth MacLeod noted that the filing of the MIA follows the compilation of “extensive” technical and environmental studies conducted on the Cerro Caliche concession over the past four years.

“It supports the company’s objective to develop Sonoro’s proposed heap leach mining operation,” added MacLeod.

The company revealed that the scope of the MIA includes open pits, waste dumps, crushing facilities, heap leach pad, leach solution ponds, gold recovery facilities, haul roads, building structures and infrastructure, as proposed in the company’s Preliminary Economic Assessment dated October 29, 2021.

Sonoro Gold pointed out that the document also “provides flexibility for the continual optimization of the mine plan” to support operational growth and resource expansion.

During the MIA-ETJ permitting phase, the company said it will continue to “move the project forward” as it initiates site preparation work and focuses on arranging project financing. The firm’s management will also update the project’s estimated resource to incorporate the results from its nearly completed Phase IV drilling program and assess the potential impact on the project’s mine life and economic viability.

The Canadian company holds the Cerro Caliche project and the exploration-stage San Marcial project in Sonora, Mexico.

Contact the author Uttara Choudhury at uttara@proactiveinvestors.com

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