South Star Mining Corp. announced the approval of trial mining license for a period of 3 years for the Phase 1 Pilot Plant Operations (5,000 tpy of concentrate) for the Santa Cruz Graphite Project (`the Project') in Bahia, Brazil. As announced on October 5, 2020, the environmental license for Phase 1 was renewed for a period of 4 years in October of 2020. With the approval of the mining license, the Project is now fully licensed and can proceed to the Phase 1 construction, commissioning and operations. The Company is advancing with conversations regarding project financing, and as previously announced in October of 2020, the Brazilian Development Bank (BNB) has pre-approved CAD 7.5 Million of debt financing. BNB is currently reviewing the technical documents and advancing with the Project credit analysis.