Kiss of life for Ngamiland zinc, silver project :: Mmegi Online

After three torturous years, watching their 33 million tonne zinc, lead and silver project suspended due to regulatory and legal battles, shareholders of Australian company, Mount Burgess yesterday finally breathed a sigh of relief. Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI reports on the cooling of heads in the bitter dispute

The Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources yesterday ended an acrimonious three-year legal battle over mining rights that had at one point dragged in the Office of the President.The ministry re-awarded Mount Burgess, an Australian junior miner, rights to a small patch of ground in Ngamiland beneath which potentially lies 33 million tonnes of zinc, lead and silver.

Mount Burgess, led by battle-hardened mining veteran, Nigel Forrester, took up arms after a May 13, 2013 decision by Minerals minister, Kitso Mokaila to reject the company’s application for an extension of the prospecting licence.

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