Tombador Iron Limited announced that on 20th May 2021 the Environmental Agency of the state of Bahia has published in the Bahia State Official Gazette Ordinance nº 23.032 which grants the company an Operating License for the Tombador Project for a period of 5 years. Mining production of high-grade hematite has commenced at the Tombador mine site and ore is being crushed and lump and fines products are being stockpiled. The products will soon be trucked to the Port, building a stockpile for the first shipment. The company is working with its trading partner Trafigura, to schedule the first shipments expected to be in the third quarter of 2021.