RU indicated that the Study should not focus solely on Arandis, but should also incorporate other communities of interest. This guidance, and a preliminary assessment, led to the dentification of five communities: Arandis, Swakopmund and Walvis Bay, which already have strong economic ties with RU, and where the RU workforce resides; Usakos, which is to be considered in terms of its suitability for accommodating the workforce, and the Spitzkoppe/small-scale mining community. The latter was included because of its marginalised status in the centre of uranium mining activities, and because of the links it has with RU through the work of the Rössing Foundation.