Xinfeng Investments has requested that the Ministry of Mines and Energy speed up approval of its license to export processed lithium ore before the year ends.
Xinfeng representatives said the delay in issuing the export permit and mining license, coupled with low lithium prices, is crippling the company.
Community members at Uis are dismayed about the alleged destruction of ancestral graves by Xinfeng Investments' mining activities.
The mine operates a few kilometres outside Uis, under the Daure Daman Traditional Authority in the Erongo Region.
Community and conservancy members at Uis in the Erongo Region are accusing Xinfeng Investments of illegal mining.
This follows an order from mining commissioner Isabella Chirchir for the Chinese company to cease operations on 16 November.
Chinese company Xinfeng Investments succeeded in its urgent application to the High Court that Mines and Energy Minister Tom Alweendo stop revoking its lithium mining licence.
The challenge by a Chinese lithium miner against the cancellation of its mining licence by the Minister of Mines and Energy started in the High Court this morning.
