Greatland Gold PLC (AIM:GGP, OTC:GRLGF) said it can resume on-ground exploration activities after signing a land access and mineral exploration agreement with the Wakamurru Aboriginal Corporation for the company's Ernest Giles project on the Manta Rirrtinya native title area.
The agreement is the first land access agreement entered into by the Manta Rirrtinya since their native title determination in 2018, which the company said is structured to provide "significant benefits" to the Wakamurru and the Manta Rirrtinya community.
Greatland said its first target is the Meadows prospect, where it has an approved Western Australia government's Exploration Incentive Scheme (EIS) drilling grant, and has cultural heritage surveys already underway.
New applications made this month represent approximately a 35% expansion to the current granted exploration licences securing a comprehensive holding over the Ernest Giles belt, it added.
Managing director Shaun Day said completion of the land access agreement "sets in place a mechanism for the Manta Rirrtinya People to benefit from exploration by Greatland on their country. I would like to thank the Wakamurru Board for their efforts in bringing this agreement to fruition and look forward to building a strong relationship based on mutual respect and cooperation."
He added that Ernest Giles "has been a long-standing priority for Greatland as an underexplored Archean greenstone belt. Ernest Giles will now resume its place as a high priority project within our exploration portfolio".
