March 13, 2025: Lithium developer Savannah Resources has restarted field work and drilling at its Barroso Lithium Project in Portugal after a precautionary injunction filed by landowners was overturned.

UK-based Savannah said on February 21 in a London Stock Exchange announcement that the move came after the Portuguese government helped it overturn the injunction.

The legal action related to a temporary land easement order, approved by the government last December, which gave Savannah temporary access to land which it does not own at the project. The access was to conduct fieldwork for the project’s definitive feasibility study and environmental licencing process.

However, the government filed a ‘reasoned resolution’, citing wider public interest, which led to a court lifting the injunction.
The company said it will now make up time lost during the enforced two-week stoppage.

Barroso is set to be the most significant deposit of spodumene in Europe, Savannah has said.

In 2023, the company said the project could have sufficient lithium production to support production of about 500,000 EV battery packs annually. The company will issue an update on progress at the site in the second half of the year.