LAPIN VESITUTKIMUS OY - LAPLAND WATER RESEARCH LTD Mining and exploration consulting RECENT REFERENCES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT CONSULTING: - BASE LINE STUDIES surface waters, soil and ground water air quality nature studies fisheries examination land use, traffic and transport studies - ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) - ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT APPLICATIONS DESIGN SERVICES: - lay-out planing if industrial site - water managment water balance consulting water intake design water treatment design - design of tailings and surrounding rocks storage facilities lay-out design contruction dsign - rehabilitation design ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR EXPLORATION: - claim managment claim reservations claim applications claim fee payments mining concessions - environmental studies conservation area and Natura 2000 statements nature studies - demonstration notifications - design of overburden excavation - field services LABORATORY SERVICES: - analysis of water and soil samples - analysis of airborne fallout samples - analysis of geochemical properties of tailings and surrounding rocks total concentrations acid base accounting soluble concentrations leachability tests OUR RECENT REFERENCES FOR MINING INDUSTRY CONSULTING SERVICES: Talvivaara Mine Project Oy, Sotkamo Finland environmental impact assessment (EIA), 2005 environmental permit application 2006- fisheries, nature type, vegetation and birdlife studies, 2004- Scandinavian Minerals Ltd: Kevitsa Mine Project, Sodankylä, Finland environmental permit application 2006- project consulting 2006- environmental impact assessment (EIA) 2004- soil, birdlife and fisheries surveys 2005- Inmet Mining Ltd/Pyhäsalmi Mine Oy, Pyhäjärvi, Finland environmental permit application and BAT-assessment 2004-2005 environmental risk assessment 2004 mine rehabilitation design 2004 Riddarhyttan Oy: Suurikuusikko Project, Kittilä, Finland environmental impact assessment (EIA), 2001 environmental permit application 2002 Gold Fields Arctic Platinum Oy, Ranua, Finland Suhanko project EIA, 2000 - 2003 Suhanko project environmental permit application, 2004 - 2005 SK Reef project EIA, 2003- design of survey excavation at Ahmavaara, 2003 Kalvinit Oy, Kälviä mine project, Käviä nature base-line studies, 1997- environment impact assessment (EIA), 2003- Luzenac Suomi Oy: Alanen mine project, Sotkamo, Finland amendments for environmental permit application of Alanen project, 2004 storage design of nickel concentrate 2003-2004 rehabilitation design 2004 ScanMining Oy, Pahtavaaran Mine, Sodankylä, Finland environmental permit application 2003 TerraMining Oy, Pahtavaara Mine, Sodankylä, Finland monitoring of airborne fallout, 1996 - 2000 monitoring of effluents, surface waters and fisheries, 1996 -2003 Omya/Mondo Minerals Oy, Kaavi, Finland environmental permit application for talc mill, 2004 survey of contaminated soil at Kaavi mill area, 2004 survey of dust fallout at surroundings of Kaavi mill, 2004 ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR EXPLORATION: Lapin Vesitutkimus Oy has several international and domestic mining industry clients remaining confidential. Claim and claim reservation management: Confidential clients: total 155 claim reservations, 2004- Confidential clients: total 300 claim applications, 2004- Confidential clients: management of claim fee payments for ca. 200 claims, 2004 Confidential clients: management of concession fee payments, 2005- Environmental statements: Confidential clients: numerous Natura-statements for claim applications, 2004-