PROSPECTING RIGHT APPLICATION ON THE PORTION 0 OF MATTHEUS GAT 139, PORTION 0 OF GEMSBOK VLAKTE 140 AND PORTION 0, 3 AND 5 OF SCUIT KLIP 92 SITUATED WITHIN MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT OF KENHARDT, NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE

Elsiclox (Pty) Ltd has lodged an application to the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) for a prospecting right, to prospect Beryllium Ore, Quartz Ore, Lithium Ore, Bismuth Ore, Diamonds and Tantalum/ Niobium in terms of Section 16 and 20 of the Mineral and Petroleum Resource Development Act, 28 of 2002 (MPRDA). The application was accepted and assigned reference number: NC 30/5/1/1/2/13097PR.
Elsiclox (Pty) Ltd has appointed Lushika Services (Pty) Ltd as the Environmental Assessment Practitioners (EAP) to conduct the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process. In terms of the NEMA (Act 107 of 1998) and EIA regulations of 2014 (amended April 2017), the proposed prospecting activity triggers Activity 20 and Activity 22 of Listing Notice 1 GNR 327 and the applicant cannot proceed without an Environmental Authorisation.