Brazilian Lithium Project Halts Operations Amid Indigenous Land Dispute
Deep News
Sep 06
A Brazilian court has suspended all environmental permits held by Sigma Mineração, the operating subsidiary of Sigma Lithium Corporation, and ordered a complete halt to mining operations at the company's Grota do Cirilo lithium project.
The emergency injunction was requested by the Federation of Quilombola Communities of Minas Gerais, which accused the mining company of exaggerating the distance between its project and the traditional territories of the Bau Quilombola Indigenous people.
Located in the region known as Brazil's "Lithium Valley," the Grota do Cirilo mine site is one of the world's largest hard-rock lithium deposits and includes an attached processing plant.
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