230426001390 - MINING AND EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES UNDER THE MINING CLAIMS REGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK

MR ERNST NAOMAB IS A SMALL-SCALE MINER WHO HAS THREE MINING CLAIMS PEGGED AND REGISTERED WITH THE MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY (MME) ON A COMMERCIAL FARM IN THE MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT OF OMARURU. THE MINERAL COMMODITY ALLOWED BY THE CURRENT MINING CLAIMS IS SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES MOSTLY TOURMALINE. MINING HAS BEEN TARGETED ON THE KARIBIB-PEGMATITE-BELT WHICH OUTCROPPED OVER A WIDER AREA ON THE FARM. RECENT SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM SEVERAL EXCAVATED WASTE ROCK TAILINGS HAVE ASSAYED THE PRESENCE OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS WITH GOOD GRADES SHOWN FOR LITHIUM AND QUARTZ. THIS NEW DISCOVERY HAS PROMPTED MR NAOMAB TO APPROACH MME TO HAVE INDUSTRIAL MINERALS INCLUDED ON HIS MINING CLAIMS. THE ECC IS THEREFORE REQUIRED TO ALLOW FOR MINING AND EXPLORATION CAMPAIGNS AIMED AT QUANTIFYING THE SIZE, SCALE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CONTAINED ON THE MINING CLAIM MINERALS PROPERTIES ESPECIALLY LITHIUM OXIDE FOR WHICH THERE IS DEMAND IN THE GLOBAL MARKETS.

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