Haib Minerals, the fully-owned Namibian subsidiary of copper explorer and developer Deep-South Resources, has met with Mines Minister Tom Alweendo, Mines Ministry mining commissioner Isabella Kandjii-Chirchir, and Mines Ministry deputy executive director Erasmus Shivolo.
The meeting comes after the High Court in March set aside the decision of the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Namibia not to renew the company’s license, instructing Alweendo to restart Deep-South’s EPL 3140 license renewal application procedure and arrive at a new decision.
“The meeting was conducted in a very positive manner and was very constructive. We are highly confident we will now create renewed strong working relations with the Ministry’s officials. Further to the meeting, we are confident that the license will be renewed in a timely manner,” Deep-South president and CEO Pierre Leveille said this week.
Deep-South Resources has been in a legal battle with the Namibian Ministry of Mines to renew its license to explore the Haib copper project.
To date, Deep-South says the Ministry has not appealed the High Court verdict and has reopened the application renewal procedure for the Haib license.
Stemming from the latest meeting, Deep-South says the parties have agreed that Haib will provide additional information that covers the work completed between the license application date of January 2021 and June 2021. The miner said its Haib license has been reinstated in the cadastre of the Ministry, which shows that the license is valid and pending renewal.
Deep-South also said the Ministry officials have agreed that, upon reception of the documents from Haib, they will proceed promptly with the analysis of the application to finalize their decision in a timely fashion.
Deep-South Resources is a mineral exploration and development company.
