Volta Resources (TSX:VTR) announced that Environmental Permits for Mineral Exploration on three of the Company's Cluster, Krachikrom and Chenchu Prospecting Licenses on the Bui Belt, in Ghana, have not been renewed by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Volta Resources went on to explain that it had been verbally informed by the EPA that the licences were considered to be within an “area of influence” of the Bui Dam, which is under construction. As a result of the EPA decision, Volta said it had suspended activities on the licences affected.