Astur Gold Corp. has been notified that the Directorate General of Environment of the Principality of Asturias has commenced preliminary consultation work towards an Environmental Impact Assessment Study ("EIA") for Astur Gold's Salave gold project. This preliminary consultation process will last 20 days and will include comments from environmental, urban, and cultural organizations, as well as NGO's and other affected stakeholders. Following their review, the Directorate General of Environment will provide Astur Gold with its report, which will outline the scope and level of further detail required in the EIA for Salave. The company will then submit an updated EIA with the data required under the appropriate Environmental Legislation. Astur Gold has already commenced, under the supervision of Congeo as environmental consultant, most of the necessary field work related to the EIA.