The Enviromental Clearance Certificate (ECC) is required with respect to the proposed / ongoing minerals exploration / prospecting activities in the Exclusive Prospecting License (EPL) No. 5880 covering the following key exploration stages: (i) Initial desktop exploration activities (no field-work undertaken); (ii) Regional reconnaissance field-based mapping and sampling activities (Subject to the positive results of (i); (iii) Initial local field-based mapping and sampling activities (Subject to the positive results of (i) and (ii) above); (iv) Detailed local field-based activities such as local geological mapping, geochemical mapping and sampling, trenching and drilling of closely spaced boreholes and bulk sampling (Subject to the positive results of (i) - (iii) above); (v) Prefeasibility and feasibility studies (Subject to the positive results of (i) and (iv) above).