Tarah Hainana (hereinafter referred to as the Proponent) applied to the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) for the exploration rights on two Exclusive Prospecting Licences (EPLs), i.e., EPL-9885 and EPL- 9985 on the 20th of December 2023 and 3rd of April 2024, respectively. However, the approval of the EPLs is subject to an Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) as per the status of the EPL application on the Namibia Mines and Energy Cadastre Map Portal https://portals.landfolio.com/namibia/ "pending ECC". The two EPLs have a potential for nuclear fuel minerals (uranium). Thus, upon granting the EPL rights by the MME, the Proponent intends to prospect and explore within the boundaries of the EPLs. EPL-9885 covers an area of 23,073.1506 hectares (Ha) whereas EPL- 9985 covers an area of 19,978.5782Ha (totalling a combined area of 43,051.7288Ha). EPL-9985 is about 20km northeast of Arandis and EPL-9885 is about 40km further northeast of Arandis and stretches towards Grootspitskop (Spitzkoppe) in the Erongo Region - Figure 1. Both EPLs are within the #Gaingu Conservancy as shown on the map in Figure 2.