Ann: ACQUISITION OF HIGH-GRADE ARAXA NIOBIUM PROJECT, page-140

11821-S-BA-RL-02-GE_r1 document (google trannslated):

"The Work Plan presented in this document considered the existing information made available by ITAFOS and public archives. In summary, the plan indicates the need for: Requesting documentation from third parties, especially CBMM; Hiring a company specialized in geotechnics to evaluate the documentation obtained, field inspection, preparation of technical specifications for field and laboratory tests, geological-geotechnical evaluation, hydrological-hydraulic evaluation and preparation of the Final Technical Opinion; Hiring a topographic survey; Hiring drilling, field and laboratory tests; and, Review of the Mining Plan. As described in this document and presented in item 5, the total period is estimated to be up to 2 (two) years for the development of the next stages of work with a focus on obtaining and generating the information necessary for the completion of the characterization of the Araxá Project area – Rare Earths and assessment of the impacts of the implementation of the mining pit on the structure of Dam B4, owned by CBM."