Company: RTNTF
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001628280-25-006642
Chunk: 467

Company: RIO TINTO LTD
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 20-F
Chunk 467
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 sedimentarysequence in a mature salar, composed of halite, volcaniclasticsand and variable amounts of clay/sand. The brine is hosted in2 separate aquifers: an upper unconfined fractured haliticaquifer and a lower semi-confined aquifer composed mainly ofvolcaniclastic sand.Processing plants and other available facilitiesThe project includes a wellfield for brine extraction and a plantfor the production of lithium carbonate, a spent brine disposalfacility, wellfield for the extraction of process water and waterpre-treatment equipment, camp and office buildings,warehouses and loading/unloading facilities.Power sourceConnected to the national electric grid with options for on-siteor off-site renewable power purchase agreements.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| PropertyJadarOwnership100% Rio TintoOperatorRio TintoLocationLoznica town, Serbia           |     | Access and infrastructureRoad and rail.Title/lease/acreageThe last extension of the Jadar exploration licence expired on14 February 2020, with no legal basis for further extension of itsterm.During the feasibility study the project has completed theElaborate on Resources and Reserves (declaration based onSerbian law), obtained the Certificate on Resources andReserves on 6 January 2021 and has submitted the request forexploitation field licence (with Serbian Feasibility Study beingone of the supporting documents to this request).In January 2022, the Government of Serbia cancelled theSpatial Plan for the Jadar project (SPSPA) and required allrelated permits to be revoked.On 16 July 2024, the Government of Serbia enacted the Decreeon reinstatement of the SPSPA based on the Decision of theConstitutional Court of Serbia, dated 12 July 2024, whichdetermined that the Decree on cancellation of the SPSPA was notcompliant with the Constitution and laws of the Republic ofSerbia. As a result of this, Rio Tinto initiated the scoping andcontent procedure for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)for the mine. The Ministry for Environmental Protection issued theEIA Scoping Decision for the Mine which was published on 21November 2024. This is one of the key documents required toapply for the exploitation field license.Key permit conditionsThe project is governed by 2 main pieces of Serbian legislation:Mining Law is administered by the Ministry of Mining andEnergy (MME), and Planning and Construction Law isadministered by the Ministry of Construction, Transportationand Infrastructure (MCTI