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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 87386, member: 27"]
A uranium mining proposal near Leonardville has Namibia waiting on an IAEA technical report before anyone gets an environmental green light.

Groundwater fears over the Stampriet aquifer
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[*]The Stampriet aquifer feeds drinking and irrigation water to the Omaheke and Hardap regions.
[*]Botswana and South Africa also depend on that same aquifer.
[*]Contamination risk is the core concern driving pushback.
[*]The government insists science will dictate the final call.
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Rosatom-linked company wants to dig
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[*]Headsprings Investments applied for an exclusive prospecting licence.
[*]Its parent entity is Russian state-owned Rosatom.
[*]In-situ leach mining would dissolve uranium underground before pumping it up.
[*]Namibia has zero prior experience with this extraction method.
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IAEA's role in the decision
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[*]Environmental commissioner Timoteus Mufeti admitted Namibia lacks the technical expertise.
[*]An IAEA team visited Namibia earlier this month.
[*]Their technical report lands with the government in March.
[*]Axel Tibinyane stressed that the IAEA holds no decision-making power.
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What comes after the report
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[*]Environmental clearance hinges entirely on that IAEA assessment.
[*]Tibinyane acknowledged job creation and economic potential.
[*]Political considerations are supposedly off the table.
[*]Exploration cannot proceed without a clearance certificate.
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