Hannon announced on July 14, 2026, the completion and submission of its Declaración de Impacto Ambiental (“DIA”) or Environmental Impact Statement at its 100% owned Amanecer gold-copper project in Peru
Beyond the Headline
Hannon announced on July 14, 2026, the completion and submission of its Declaración de Impacto Ambiental (“DIA”) or Environmental Impact Statement at its 100% owned Amanecer gold-copper project in Peru. The DIA is the primary environmental certification required for drilling to proceed in Peru, and its submission moves Previsto a decisive step closer to its maiden drill program at Previsto.
The DIA will provide for the first-ever drilling on the project with 18 drill platforms and 7,650 m of diamond drilling across the Previsto Central and Inca Garcilazo prospects (Figures 1 and 2).
The two work areas sit within the 5 km x 5 km Previsto footprint: a main area of 2.7 km x 1.7 km and a second area of 0.8 km x 0.5 km, totalling 361.4 hectares with a disturbance footprint of just 2.3 hectares. The final DIA and other approvals are anticipated during Q1 2027, positioning Hannan for the first-ever drill program at Previsto.
Comment
As Hannan notes, obtaining the DIA is a key step forward in obtaining the final drill permit. Peru has improved the permit process so the different steps required can be done concurrently rather than step by step as in the past. The overall process, however, is still slow and bureaucratic; hence, approval is not expected until Q1 2027.
Meanwhile, they will continue to generate news from their promising projects in Sweden.
Figure 1
Source: Hannan Metals
Plan map of Hannan Metals Previsto property, Peru (Hannan Metals press release July 14, 2026).
Figure 2
Source: Hannan Metals
Overview of the Previsto Project (DIA Amanecer) showing rock and soil geochemistry, planned drill platforms and the effective area for the DIA Amanecer submission (Hannan Metals press release July 14, 2026).
