The study, according to Idaho, USAbased Metalline, is a planned extension of the preliminary study prepared by Green Team International, and is an integral part of the overall bankable feasibility study for mining oxide zinc mineralization. Metalline said it selected SNCLavalin on the recommendation of GTI.

Roger Kolvoord, executive vice president of Metalline, said, “As we get deeper into the bankable feasibility study, the size of the engineering tasks increases. To make progress fast enough to meet our schedules, we need more engineers on the study. We are fortunate in finding experienced groups, like SNC-Lavalin, with design teams available when we need them.”

According to Metalline, the SNCLavalin team being assigned to the Sierra Mojada project just finished completing a pre-feasibility study for a similar project in South America.

The work arrangement with SNCLavalin calls for scheduled completion of its tasks by late September 2008.