Supreme Court of the State of Montana Provides Opinion Ruling on Lucky Minerals’ Emigrant Project
Vancouver, British Columbia, December 22, 2020 – Lucky Minerals Inc. (TSXV:LKY, OTC:LKMNF, FRA:LKY) (“Lucky” or the “Company”) announces that The Supreme Court of the State of Montana (“Supreme Court”) has issued its ruling on the appeal initiated May 23, 2018 by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) Lucky Minerals Inc. along with the intervention of the State of Montana in support of the appeal. The December 8, 2020 ruling both affirmed in part and reversed in part as well as remanded the DEQ to conduct further analysis as discussed below.
The Supreme Court reversed the District Court decision requiring the DEQ to conduct supplemental review of water quality issues, provide additional analysis of alternatives and determine any possible impacts of potential future full-scale mining of federal lands. In addition, the court affirmed the district court ruling requiring the DEQ to conduct supplementary review of the impacts of road improvements on wildlife in the area. The Court also requires the DEQ to specify mitigation plans for capturing expected artesian water flows during drilling if any.
Finally, the Supreme Court affirmed the vacating of Lucky’s current exploration license pending DEQ review in accord with its order.
Lucky’s CEO, Mr. François Perron stated, “The cancelling of our exploration license after the initial application and work since 2015 is putting the viability of our efforts in Montana into question. We will be reviewing and reevaluating our future plans in Montana, as our exploration focus and priorities have shifted to our Fortuna project located in Ecuador.”
About Lucky
Lucky is an exploration and development company targeting large-scale mineral systems in proven districts with the potential to host world class deposits. Lucky owns a 100% interest in the Fortuna Project (“Fortuna”) in Ecuador and the Emigrant Project in Montana.
About Lucky’s Emigrant Project, Montana
The Emigrant Project located on private property within the historic Emigrant Mining District in Southern Montana covers a 15 km2 area in an intensely altered and mineralized porphyry copper-gold-molybdenum system in southern Montana.
About Lucky’s Fortuna Project, Ecuador
The Company’s Fortuna Project is a royalty-free 550 km2 (55,000 Ha, or 136,000 Acres) exploration concession. Fortuna is located in a highly prospective, yet underexplored, gold belt in southern Ecuador. Lucky has a memorandum of understanding on Fortuna with First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (“First Quantum”) whereby First Quantum is able to earn up to 70% of copper targets.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
“François Perron”
Chief Executive Officer
Further information on Lucky can be found on the Company’s website at www.luckyminerals.com and at www.sedar.com, or by contacting François Perron, President and CEO, by email at [email protected] or by telephone at (866) 924 6484.
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