RE:Rio Tinto Out? Hi Zoomy,
IMO, don't foresee any issues occurring with environmentalists with regards to the construction of an underground boron mine at Piskanja.
Piskanja is located in a historical mining area of the Jarandol basin that has been mining for 200+ years where coal, boron, magnite and quarry mines have occurred. All the local communities in the Basin are essentially employed as miners.
There is a huge difference in constructing a mammoth open pit lithium mine at Jadar in a prime agricultural land base, as compared to a underground 98% pure, boron mine in a historical mining basin.
Erin and Temas have the full support from the Mining Ministry, local communities, ID of Raska, Miners Union, the miners themselves and politicians.
Erin has been in Serbia now for 28 years and if they did not want us there, the Serbs would not of renewed our exploration licenses over the last 3 decades. I believe our mission and presence in Serbia is totally secure for mine development.
Cheers!
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