Judge Ramon Maasdorp has postponed the judgement in the case of Xinfeng Investment - a Chinese lithium miner whose mining license was revoked by the Ministry of Mines and Energy.  

The judgment has been set for next week Friday.

The Ministry of Mines and Energy's Acting Executive Director, Bryan Eiseb explained that they had revoked the license after Xinfeng was found to have deliberately filed incorrect information during the application process and that the company failed to adequately explain the misleading information.

A small group of farmers and members of the public that attended the Omitiomire Cooper Mine public engagement urged the forerunners to carefully evaluate the long-term environmental impact on communities surrounding the area proposed for the mine.

Craton Mining and Exploration hold a mining license over the farm Omitiomire, located 140 km northeast of Windhoek.

The proposed mine includes an open-cast pit, an ore processing plant, heap leach pads, waste rock dumps, a workshop, and water management infrastructure, among others.