Lake Victoria Mining Company Inc. announced that on January 7, 2014 the company received the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Certificate of approval from the National Environment Management Council (NEMC) of Tanzania, for Lake Victoria's planned Kunanga Medium Scale Gold Mine that is within the Company's Kinyambwiga Gold project, in northern Tanzania. The Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Final Report, prepared for the company by a Tanzanian environmental consulting firm, was submitted to NEMC on the August 2, 2013. The EIA certificate of approval, registration number 2247 EC/EIS/1106 is issued under the Environmental Management Act No.20 of 2004.

The EIA Certificate is valid during the entire life cycle of the project based on the company's compliance with the General and Specific Conditions of its issuance.