Farpoint Investments (Pty) Ltd (The proponent) has been allocated a 2 Ha / 20,000 m2 portion of farm 38 by the Walvis Bay Municipality on a 5 years lease agreement to establish a stock-holding site for dimension stone (marble and granite) and copper concentrate. The proposed site (lease 18) is located on a portion of Farm 38, registration Division F, south of the C14/ M36 Main Road. The site is found on the south-east of Walvis Bay town, wedged between Farms 19, 29,33 and 37, Farm 19 . The general area is partly developed with industrial infrastructure and is earmarked for further industrial developments, whereas the particular site is undeveloped. The primary purpose of the stock-holding site is for the receipt, sorting, packaging, storage and dispatching of all granite and marble stones and copper concentrate in tonnage of bags and transport trucks. About 500-1000 pieces of blocks of granite and marbles and 1000 tonnage of copper concentrate per month will be stored at the holding site. This process forms part of a chain of activities that eventually leads to the final incorporation of the stock within a building or lockable containers.