Lincoln Minerals Ltd. (ASX:LML) announced that it has appointed Parsons Brinckerhoff to prepare a Mining Lease Application for the company’s Kookaburra Gully flake graphite project, which is located in South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula region. The company hopes to start full-scale production at the project in 2015.

Parsons Brinckerhoff’s services include:

Preparation of the mining lease proposal (MLP) report in support of the Mining Lease Application;
Delivery of the required technical study components, either directly or through sub-consultants appointed by Lincoln Minerals;
Preparation and implementation of a Stakeholder Consultation Plan; and
Meetings as necessary with DMITRE and other parties.
The mining lease proposal will require sufficient detail to be provided on the proposed open pit, tailings storage facility, processing plant, transport routes, water supply, power and other infrastructure to enable an assessment of the potential environmental impacts and mitigation and management measures. AMC Consultants Pty Ltd is preparing a conceptual mine plan, EBS Ecology is undertaking flora, fauna and cultural heritage surveys and Aldam Geoscience is undertaking a groundwater study to support the MLP.

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