The company said that this work has commenced and will be finalised following the completion of exploration and resource development programs at the broader Rupice-Juraševac-Brestic project. Adriatic CEO Geraint Harris said: "The acceptance of the Reserve Elaborate for Rupice is another major milestone in the permitting of the Vareš Project. While exploration at Rupice is focussed on continued growth of the resource base, this step allows us to align the permitting time-lines for all fields." "We are privileged to have a highly-accomplished management and technical team in Bosnia & Herzegovina, who also enjoy close collaboration with and have the continued support of government at all levels in Bosnia." The company added that drilling continues on four drilling rigs to extend the high-grade base and precious metal mineralisation defined at Rupice and to test priority exploration targets delineated by historical and recent data collection that show potential for discoveries.