Euro Manganese Provides Update on Land Rezoning and ESIA for Chvaletice Manganese Project

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Euro Manganese Inc. (TSX-V and ASX: EMN; OTCQX: EUMNF; Frankfurt: E06) (the "Company" or "EMN") is pleased to announce the completion of the land rezoning processes for the Chvaletice Manganese Project (the "Project"), and an update on the Project’s Environmental and Social Impact Assessment ("ESIA") approval process.

Highlights

• Rezoning of all tailings land and commercial plant land required for the Project is now complete, demonstrating continued support from local communities and municipal authorities.
• Noise abatement work has been completed to the satisfaction of the relevant authority and the amended ESIA has been resubmitted to the Czech Ministry of Environment ("MoE" or the "Ministry") for continuation of the ESIA approval process.

Completion of Land Rezoning for the Project

The Municipality of Chvaletice ("Chvaletice"), which lies just to the west of the Project and on which a portion the Project’s tailings and commercial plant site are located, has formally approved the rezoning of tailings land for mining use and certain areas within the commercial plant site that were required to be reclassified for heavy industrial use. Together with the rezoning of the Village of Trnavka’s ("Trnavka") tailings land for mining use, announced on March 23, 2022, the rezoning requirements for the Project are now complete.

Approval for the land-use plan change from both Chvaletice and Trnavka required intensive community consultation which has been ongoing for several years. The valuable local input received was factored into the Project’s planning and design. The rezoning demonstrates continued support from local communities and municipal authorities.

Update on ESIA Permitting Process

The Company has now resubmitted the amended ESIA to the MoE, which allows the ESIA approval process to continue. The Company anticipates the issuance of a positive decision on the revised ESIA within the next three months.

As previously reported, the Ministry received comments from 14 relevant authorities on the ESIA, which was initially submitted in December 2022. All but one of the authorities approved the relevant studies. The Ministry returned the ESIA to the Company to address comments from that authority, related to noise abatement. While the Project’s anticipated noise levels are within legislative limits for an industrial project, the cumulative effect when combined with neighbouring operations’ existing noise emissions marginally exceeded permitted noise levels at the measurement points, located at the closest residential areas. The Company has completed necessary work to achieve the reduction in modelled noise level emissions and has addressed the authority’s comments to their satisfaction.