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The European Commission has reconfirmed the Barroso Lithium Project as a strategic project for the EU under the CRMA Savannah Resources.
According to the developer of the Barroso Lithium Project in Portugal, a ‘strategic project’ under the European Critical Raw Materials Act and Europe’s largest spodumene lithium deposit is pleased to announce that the European Commission has reconfirmed the Project as ‘Strategic’ for the European Union under the Critical Raw Materials Act.
The reconfirmation follows a request by various groups that the European Commission conduct an internal review into the Commission Decision’s in March 2025 to recognise the Barroso Lithium Project as a Strategic Project under Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council.
In its response, the European Commission re-examined the project´s technical data, confirming the robustness of the information shared and firmly rejecting the removal of the project from the list of strategic projects, making it clear that the complaint was unfounded.
One of the areas assessed by the European Commission was the impact of the Project on the region’s water resources. The conclusions published make clear the Commission’s view:
“Experts evaluated the measures that have been implemented to monitor, prevent and minimize environmental impacts. Thus, not only monitoring measures but also mitigation measures were imposed to ensure that the objectives of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) are not violated by the contested project.
The Project will play a fundamental role in Europe’s re-industrialisation, in the decarbonisation of transport within the European Union, and in tackling the external energy dependency that Europe currently faces.
It will also attract population to the region surrounding the Project while contributing to its economic growth.
