Who Are the Companies Involved in the Birch Lake Project?

Franconia Minerals Corporation (TSX-V: FRA), the developer of Birch Lake, focuses on the exploration and development of platinum group metals (PGMs) and base metals mainly in the continental United States.  It is headed by a proven management and technical team with over 200 years of combined mining and exploration experience.

Franconia has contracted with leading engineering, environmental and technical firms with worldwide experience in mining, project management and environmental remediation to develop the Birch Lake Project.  For more information please visit www.franconiaminerals.com.

MTB Project Management Professionals is an international project management company providing services to the mining, environmental remediation, and  industrial/commercial construction industries. MTB has been retained to manage day-to-day operations as well as the Scoping and Prefeasibility studies for the Birch Lake Project.  For more information please visit www.mtb-project.com.

Barr Engineering is a Minnesota based engineering company that focuses on the permitting and environmental concerns that mining projects can create.  For more information please visit www.barr.com.

Mine Design Associates is a mining engineering Company with 20 years of experience in the engineering and development of mining projects and specializes in underground mines. MDA will engineer the underground mine as well as develop a mine plan. For more information please visit www.mda.com.

Samuel Engineering is a highly qualified multi-disciplinary engineering firm. Samuel Engineering will be performing as the process engineers as well as engineering and designing the process facilities.  For more information please visit www.samuelengineering.com.

Scott Wilson Roscoe Postle Associates is an independent firm of geological and mining consultants.  RPA provides independent opinions on mineral resources and mineral reserves, technical aspects and economics of mining projects, valuation of mining and exploration properties and scoping, prefeasibility, and feasibility studies, as well as being designated as the Qualified Person (QP).  For more information please visit www.rpacan.com.