250429005763 - Mining Project (Mining Claims 72631, 72632 & 72633), Okanihova, Steilrand Mountains, Kunene Region

To mine copper oxide with the 3 mining claims. The malachite mining project constitutes a malachite copper oxide deposit, located 40 km west northwest of Opuwo along the Steilrand Mountain range in Kaokoveld, north-western Namibia. The deposit occurs on communal land of Okanihova, within the Otjivero Conservancy (registration pending). The traditional authority under which the area falls is called the Maundu Traditional Authority. The listed activities for the malachite mining project that need environmental clearance are as follows: ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION AND STORAGE ACTIVITIES 1. The construction of facilities for - (a) the generation of electricity; (b) the transmission and supply of electricity; MINING AND QUARRYING ACTIVITIES 2.1. The construction of facilities for any process or activities which requires a license, right, or other forms of authorization, and the renewal of a license, right, or any other form of authorization in terms of Minerals Prospecting and Mining Act), 1992. 2.2. Other forms of mining or extraction of natural resources whether regulated by law or not. 2.3 Resource extraction, manipulation, conservation, and related activities. FORESTRY ACTIVITIES 3. The clearance of forest areas, deforestation, afforestation, 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. WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENTS 4.1. The abstraction of ground or surface water for industrial or commercial purposes. 4.2. The abstraction of groundwater at a volume exceeding the threshold authorised in terms of a law relating to water resources. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE TREATMENT, HANDLING AND STORAGE 5.1. The manufacturing, storage, handling or processing of a hazardous substance defined in the Hazardous Substances Ordinance, 1974. 5.2. The storage and handling of a dangerous goods, including petrol, diesel, liquid petroleum gas or paraffin, in containers with a combined capacity of more than 30 cubic meters at any one location.