230606001539 - RENEWAL AND AMENDMENT OF AN ECC SO AS TO ALLOW EXPLORATION MINING FOR LITHIUM ON MINING CLAIM NO. MC-67126 ERONGO REGION

THE PROPONENT HAS BEEN MINING SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES FROM HIS SINGLE MINING CLAIM (MC-67126) FOR CLOSE TO TWENTY YEARS AND HAS A VALID ECC WHICH IS DUE TO EXPIRE ON 30 NOVEMBER 2023. GRAB SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM HIS MINING CLAIM HAVE RETURNED HIGH GRADES FOR LITHIUM AND TIN WHICH CAN BE MINED COMMERCIALLY. THE PROPONENT WOULD LIKE THE MINING COMMISSIONER TO INCLUDE SUCH MINERALS (INDUSTRIAL MINERALS) ON HIS MC-67126 REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE TO ALLOW HIM TO MINE SUCH INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND, ONCE MINED TO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN EXPORT PERMITS FOR PURPOSES OF SHIPPING SUCH MINERAL PRODUCTS TO HIS CLIENTS WHO ARE BASED OVERSEAS. THE ECC IS THEREFORE REQUIRED TO BE ABLE TO CONDUCT FULL SCALE EXPLORATION MINING ON THE MINING CLAIM IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE REGULATIONS. THE PLAN IS FOR THE PROPONENT TO MINE ABOUT 100 000 TONS OF LITHIUM FROM HIS MINING CLAIM OVER A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS. THE MINING OPERATION WILL BE A JOINT COLLABORATION WITH A FELLOW SMALL-SCALE MINERS WHO HAS THREE MINING CLAIMS ON THE SAME FARM.