Carbon Streaming Announces Further Update on Rimba Raya Project

TORONTO, May 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Carbon Streaming Corporation (Cboe CA: NETZ) (OTCQB: OFSTF) (FSE: M2Q) (“Carbon Streaming” or the “Company”) today provided an update on the status of the Forest Utilization Business License (the “Concession License”) at the Rimba Raya project. On April 26, 2024, the Company announced that it was informed of two third-party media reports that claimed that PT Rimba Raya Conservation (“PT Rimba”), the local concession holder for the Rimba Raya project, had its Concession License revoked by the Indonesian Government’s Ministry of Environment and Forestry (the “MOEF”). The Company has since learned that the Concession License was revoked by the MOEF through an administrative decree that was issued only to the addressee and is therefore not a publicly accessible document.

InfiniteEARTH Limited and its Indonesian subsidiary PT InfiniteEARTH Nusantara, the project proponent of the Rimba Raya project (collectively “InfiniteEARTH”), with whom the Company had previously entered into the carbon credit streaming agreement covering the Rimba Raya project (the “Rimba Raya Stream”), has operated the Rimba Raya project through a series of agreements with PT Rimba, its local partner in Indonesia and the direct legal holder of the concession rights granted by the Indonesian Government pursuant to the Concession License.

The Company confirmed the revocation of the Concession License by the MOEF through details about the decree published on the MOEF website in March 2024. PT Rimba has publicly stated that it has complied with Indonesian regulations on carbon trading and otherwise disputed the basis of the revocation of the Concession License, and the Company has confirmed that PT Rimba has filed a claim against the MOEF challenging the revocation of the Concession License before the State Administrative Court of Jakarta. In connection with such challenge, PT Rimba has also filed requests for the suspension of the implementation of the MOEF decree in respect of the revocation of the Concession License pending judicial determination of such appeal (which relief, to the knowledge of the Company, has not been granted to date). A final ruling from the State Administrative Court of Jakarta is currently anticipated during June 2024 (which ruling is subject to potential appeal by the parties).