230720001757 - MINERAL EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES UNDER EXCLUSIVE PROSPECTING LICENCE (EPL9421), OPUWO RURAL CONSTITUENCY, KUNENE REGION

THE PROPONENT, AOFEI MINING HAS APPLIED FOR AN EXCLUSIVE PROSPECTING (EPL 9421) IN ORDER TO CONDUCT EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES FOR THESE TARGET MINERAL GROUPS: BASE AND RARE METALS, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NON-NUCLEAR FUEL, PRECIOUS METALS, PRECIOUS STONES AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES. EXPLORATION IS A LISTED ACTIVITY WHICH MAY NOT BE UNDERTAKEN WITHOUT AN ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE CLEARANCE (ECC) HAVING BEEN OBTAINED FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSIONER. THE EPL IS LOCATED ON STATELAND IN THE OPUWO RURAL CONSTITUENCY IN THE KUNENE REGION BORDERING THE SKELETON COASTAL PARK. AN ECC IS THEREFORE REQUIRED TO ALLOW FOR THE EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF THE EPL 9421.