{"id":87588,"date":"2024-10-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/climate\/2024\/10\/28\/royal-road-minerals-receives-morocco-mining-project-permits\/"},"modified":"2024-10-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T00:00:00","slug":"royal-road-minerals-receives-morocco-mining-project-permits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/climate\/2024\/10\/28\/royal-road-minerals-receives-morocco-mining-project-permits\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Road Minerals receives Morocco mining project permits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong><\/strong><strong>Saudi-backed Royal Road Minerals receives all permits for copper-gold<\/strong><strong> project: <\/strong>Saudi-backed international mining company <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.royalroadminerals.com\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Roads Minerals<\/a> has received all requisite drilling permits for its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.royalroadminerals.com\/projects\/alouana\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Alouana<\/a> copper-gold polymetallic project in Morocco, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.royalroadminerals.com\/news\/royal-road-minerals-receives-all-requisite-drilling-permits-alouana-copper-gold-polymetallic-project-kingdom-of-morocco\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>We knew this was coming: <\/strong>The company <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.royalroadminerals.com\/projects\/alouana\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">signed an option agreement<\/a> last year to acquire 100% of Morocco\u2019s Izughar Resources which previously held the titles for the mining area. The project comprises six exploration licenses covering a total area of 84 sqm in Morocco's Eastern Region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Royal Roads has more planned for Morocco: <\/strong>The company signed a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/climate\/en\/news\/story\/bb5d3260-7488-4395-a844-ab3c98d66da6\/%253cmark%253eroyal-road%253c%2Fmark%253e-minerals-set-to-fully-acquire-morocco%25e2%2580%2599s-lalla-aziza-copper-mine\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">letter of intent<\/a> with Morocco\u2019s Carbomine to acquire 100% of the latter\u2019s Lalla Aziza mining license last month. The agreement grants a 120-day exclusive exploration period of the underground copper mine, with an initial payment of USD 50k and USD 4 mn to be paid in two tranches if the acquisition goes through. The mine \u2014 located southwest of Marrakech \u2014 extracts sulfide ore, primarily chalcopyrite, from moderate-dipping, shear-hosted sheeted sulfides, vein-stockworks, and breccia formations. It also operates at a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/miningmath.com\/docs\/knowledgebase\/tips-and-tricks\/cut-off-grades\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">cut-off grade of 2.5% copper<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The company also operates in Saudi: <\/strong>Royal Road was awarded the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.royalroadminerals.com\/projects\/jabal-sahabiyah\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Jabal Sahabiyah tender<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/climate\/en\/news\/story\/bb5d3260-7488-4395-a844-ab3c98d66da6\/%253cmark%253eroyal-road%253c%2Fmark%253e-minerals-set-to-fully-acquire-morocco%25e2%2580%2599s-lalla-aziza-copper-mine\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">last January<\/a> for three exploration licenses covering approximately 284 sqm in the Asir Province. Later in June, it secured exploration rights for copper and gold in the Al Miyah tender area, also located in Asir Province. The tender included three exploration licenses covering an area of 234 sqm. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>About Royal Roads: <\/strong>The Jersey-based company operates in Colombia, Argentina, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia. Its operations in the region are controlled by its subsidiary <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/royalroadarabia.com\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Roads Arabia<\/a>, a 50-50 joint venture with the Saudi investment company MIDU Limited that focuses on copper and gold while boasting a \u201cminimum impact on the environment, and no net loss of biodiversity,\u201d according to its website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The project comes with the company\u2019s Izughar acquisition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[198],"tags":[107,11,197,196,45,159],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-87588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-minerals","tag-critical-minerals","tag-enterpriseclimate","tag-minerals","tag-mining","tag-morocco","tag-saudi-arabia","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"9960a910-75a4-47b5-a6a7-5a97c7aa6ac9","order":"3","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/9\/863.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Royal Road Minerals receives Morocco mining project permits","related_issue":[87583],"teaser":"The project comes with the company\u2019s Izughar acquisition","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2024\/10\/.b27dccd6-c3f8-4b8d-bdbf-e538cf3690e1.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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