Focus Metals has retained the services of Roscoe Postle Associates (RPA), to start the mine design and engineering work at Lac Knife, Quebec flake graphite property.
RPA is a worldwide famous mine and infrastructure design specialist that contains building and mine operations, cost estimation, design and administration of the process in Europe, Canada and the United States.
The agreement of Focus Metals with RPA will bring them closer to the production of the huge flake graphite property. Mr. Marc Lavigne is the head of RPA's design and engineering group and has wide knowledge in the Lac Knife property.
The deal between RPA and Focus Metals is a main step as the NI 43-101 resource estimation and scoping studies will be completed soon.
Under the agreement conditions, RPA will offer the design and engineering plans of the mine to transform 8.1 million tons of natural flake graphite into production, which belongs to Lac Knife property. This includes processing, shipping, infrastructure and environmental and mine administration.
Source: http://www.focusmetals.ca/