A Social and Environmental Impact Assessment (SEIA) has thus been commissioned by Rössing Uranium for their proposed expansion project and the Ministry of Environment and Tourism's Directorate of Environmental Affairs (MET:DEA) would need to issue a clearance for such expansion. The clearance would be based on the outcomes of the SEIA, as documented in the various reports that underpin the entire assessment process. A number of specialist studies have been undertaken to investigate the potential impacts associated with the expansion project components and would ultimately inform the overall SEIA. The specialist studies include an impact assessment and suggest measures to mitigate the impacts by enhancing its positive aspects while minimising the negative aspects.