One of the mining companies hoping to explore for uranium in the Northern Territory says most of the community objections to their application are not relevant.

Cameco and Paladin received more than 200 submissions opposing their application to explore at the Angela and Pamela deposit, 25 kilometres south of Alice Springs.

Cameco's regional director Jennifer Parks says most of the submissions focused on air quality and proximity to the aquifer.

She has told the ABC's Country Hour the majority did not raise concerns about exploration.

"It is just an exploration licence, it is not a licence to mine and a lot of people weren't clear on the process and you can't mine on an exploration licence and exploration is much more low impact.

"It's not the same range of issues that you get at mining stage."

Release more land

Meanwhile, the Alice Springs Chamber of Commerce says more land must be freed up for residential and commercial use to ensure the future of the mining industry.

The chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, Terry Lillis, says there is a downturn in the agricultural and tourism industries, and mining is helping fill the void.

He says in order to cater to the growing mining industry, more land should be made available.

But he says there are a cultural issues to overcome.

"We've got to get more cheaper affordable land on the market, we've got to overcome the Aboriginal ownership issues which seem to bog us down when we need to get title for land to put on the housing market."