Rathdowney Resources Ltd. said Dec. 31, 2019, that its corporate focus on 2020 will be exclusively to advance toward securing a mining license for its Olza zinc-lead-silver underground development project in Poland.

The company has a multifaceted scope of work to do prior to securing the license, which includes environmental documentation completion, community and stakeholder engagement, land zoning changes, geological data filings and engineering support for the Polish PZZ site development and underground mining plan.

Near-term work at Olza is focused on finalizing environmental documentation to support project permitting and ongoing community engagement.

Rathdowney also said President and CEO J.R.H. Whittington is stepping down and will resign from the company's board. Chairman David Copeland will serve as interim president and CEO.