11.1 The Company or an Independent Expert engaged at the expense of the Company shall prepare a Feasibility Study including all elements provided for in Annex A and any additional elements as the Parties may agree.

11.2 The Feasibility Study shall be conducted in a Gender-Sensitive manner that considers how the abilities of people of different genders and social groups, including Indigenous Peoples, can be drawn on and developed to contribute to the Project’s technical success.

For more information: See generally IISD, 2014, Section 6.1 (Feasibility Study and Business Plan); Aizawa & Mann 2021, p.35 (Sequencing of Assessments, Approvals, and Licences and Permits).