Ijaji likahulumeni wase-US ngoLwesihlanu linqume ukuthi i-Lithium Americas Corp ingase yenze umsebenzi wokumba endaweni yayo yemayini ye-lithium e-Thacker Pass e-Nevada, iphika isicelo saboMdabu baseMelika abathi ukumba kuzongcolisa indawo abakholelwa ukuthi inamathambo nezinto zobuciko zokhokho.
Isinqumo seJaji Eliyinhloko u-Miranda Du kwaba ukunqoba kwesibili emasontweni asanda kwedlula kulo msebenzi, ongase ube umthombo omkhulu we-lithium wase-US, osetshenziswa kumabhethri emoto kagesi.
UDu uthe aboMdabu baseMelika abazange baveze ubufakazi bokuthi uhulumeni waseMelika uhlulekile ukubonisana nabo ngendlela efanele ngesikhathi kuvunyelwa.UDu ngoJulayi wenqabile isicelo esifanayo sabezemvelo.
UDu uthe kodwa akazichili zonke izingxabano zaboMdabu baseMelika, kodwa uzizwa ebophekile yimithetho ekhona ukuthi isiphikise isicelo sabo.
"Lo myalelo awukuxazululi ukufaneleka kwezicelo zezizwe," kusho uDu esinqumweni sakhe esingamakhasi angu-22.
I-Lithium Americas eseVancouver ithe izovikela futhi igcine izinto zobuciko zezizwe.
"Besihlale sizibophezele ukwenza lokhu ngendlela efanele ngokuhlonipha omakhelwane bethu, futhi siyajabula ukuthi isinqumo sanamuhla siyayibona imizamo yethu," kusho isikhulu esiphezulu seLithium Americas uJon Evans etshela abeReuters.
Akukho kumbiwa okungenziwa kuze kube yilapho I-Bureau of Land Management yase-US ikhipha imvume yoMthetho Wokuvikeleka Kwemivubukulo.
IBurns Paiute Tribe, esinye sezizwe ezifake leli cala, iphawule ukuthi ihhovisi litshele inkantolo ngenyanga edlule ukuthi umhlaba ugcina isiko labomdabu baseMelika.
"Uma kunjalo, kuzoba nomonakalo uma uqala ukumba endaweni," kusho u-Richard Eichstaedt, ummeli weBurns Paiute.
Abamele i-bureau nezinye izizwe ezimbili ezimangalele abatholakalanga ukuthi baphawule.
(Ngu-Ernest Scheyder; Kuhlelwa nguDavid Gregorio noRosalba O'Brien)
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Sep-06-2021