06:36 AM EDT, 05/21/2024 (MT Newswires) -- NexGen Energy Ltd. ( NXE ) is announcing Tuesday that on May 21, the company is submitting to the Federal regulator -- the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) -- responses to the remaining 49 technical review comments received on February 12, 2024 as part of the Federal Environmental Assessment review process for the company's 100% owned Rook I Project.

Tuesday's statement noted the 49 technical comments represent the remaining aspects of the original 274 questions received from the CNSC from their technical review of the Rook I Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement submitted by NexGen in June 2022. As part of this submission, NexGen has also submitted a revised Federal EIS to the CNSC as part of the response process, the statement noted.

Leigh Curyer, NexGen's Chief Executive Officer, in the statement said: "The company received Provincial EA approval in November 2023 and then submitted responses to the full Federal technical review comments and received near 80% accepted in round 1. The submission of these remaining 49 responses represents another significant milestone in the final advancement of the Federal EA for the Rook I Project."