Ijaji yase-US yagweba ngoLwesihlanu ukuba i-Lithium Americas Corp ingaqhuba umsebenzi wokwemba kwindawo yayo ye-Thacker Pass lithium ye-lithium e-Nevada, ikhanyela isicelo esivela kumaMerika aseMelika athi ukumba kuya kungcolisa indawo abakholelwa ukuba ibambe amathambo ookhokho kunye nezinto zakudala.
Isigqibo esivela kuMgwebi oyiNtloko u-Miranda Du sasiyimpumelelo yesibini kwiiveki zakutshanje zeprojekthi, enokuthi ibe ngumthombo omkhulu we-lithium wase-US, osetyenziswa kwiibhetri zemoto zombane.
UDu uthe abantu bomthonyama baseMelika khange babonakalise ubungqina bokuba urhulumente wase-US usilele ukubonisana nabo ngokufanelekileyo ngexesha lenkqubo yokuvunyelwa.UDu ngoJulayi wasikhaba isicelo esikwafana nesa kwindalo esingqongileyo.
UDu uthe, nangona kunjalo, akazikhabi zonke iingxoxo zabemi bomthonyama baseMelika, kodwa waziva ebotshelelwe yimithetho ekhoyo ukuba asiphikise isicelo sabo.
“Lo myalelo awuzisombululi iimfanelo zamabango ezizwe,” utshilo uDu kwisigqibo sakhe esinamaphepha angama-22.
I-Lithium yaseMelika eseVancouver yathi izakukhusela kwaye igcine izinto zakudala zesizwe.
“Besisoloko sizibophelele ekwenzeni oku ngendlela eyiyo ngokuhlonipha abamelwane bethu, kwaye siyachulumanca isigwebo sanamhlanje siyayivuma imizamo yethu,” uMlawuli oyiNtloko weLithium Americas uJon Evans uxelele iReuters.
Akukho kugrunjwa kunokuthi kwenzeke de i-US Bureau of Land Management ikhuphe imvume yoMthetho woKhuseleko lwe-Archaeological Resources.
I-Burns Paiute Tribe, esinye sezizwe eziye zamangalela, yaqaphela ukuba i-ofisi yaxelela inkundla kwinyanga ephelileyo ukuba umhlaba unexabiso lenkcubeko yabantu bomthonyama baseMelika.
“Ukuba kunjalo, kuya kuba yingozi ukuba uqala ukugrumba kumhlaba,” utshilo uRichard Eichstaedt, igqwetha leBurns Paiute.
Abameli be-bureau kunye nezinye izizwe ezibini ezimangaleleyo abafumanekanga ngokukhawuleza ukuba baphawule.
(Ngu-Ernest Scheyder; ihlelwa nguDavid Gregorio noRosalba O'Brien)
Ixesha lokuposa: Sep-06-2021