221110000299 - Exploration activities on EPL 7212 for base and rare metals, industrial minerals, and precious metals in the Kunene region.

FORESTRY ACTIVITIES (4) The clearance of forest areas, deforestation, aforestation, timber harvesting or any other related activity that requires authorisation in term of the Forest Act, 2001 (Act No. 12 of 2001) or any other law. • Limited vegetation clearing of bush-encroached areas may be required for tracks and survey access creation, and possibly for the set up for survey teams’ field camps. WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (8.1) The abstraction of ground or surface water for industrial or commercial purposes. • Due to the drilling of exploration boreholes, ground and surface water will need to be abstracted, or sourced. MINING AND QUARRYING ACTIVITIES (3.1) The construction of facilities for any process or activities which requires a licence, right or other form of authorisation, and the renewal of a licence, right or other form of authorisation, in terms of the Minerals (Prospecting and Mining Act), 1992. • The proposed project has obtained an EPL from MME; now requires an environmental clearance from DEA/MEFT for the search for base and rare metals, industrial minerals and precious metals. • Minerals (e.g., soil and sand), will be sampled within selected target areas of the project area The proposed project is for the exploration of base and rare metals, industrial minerals and precious metals. As part of the proposed exploration project, the following activities are envisaged, which shall be further defined as the exploration program is refined: - Investment in exploring the mineral potential of the Kunene region. - Employment creation; and - Exploration activities Soil sampling at 400m x 100m spaced intervals - Regional geological mapping - Limited vegetation clearing for the creation of tracks; - Potential creation of cut-lines for geophysical surveys; - Opening access tracks in bush-encroached areas, where there are not sufficient existing tracks; and - Drilling exploration boreholes.