Neometals Ltd. and Manikaran Power Limited have appointed Primero Group to manage the engineering study and key vendor package integration, supported by Sichuan Calciner Technologies ("SCT") to design and estimate the pyrometallurgical process package and Veolia HPD to design and estimate the hydrometallurgical process package. SCT will also conduct calcine testing on the Mt Marion spodumene concentrate feed, noting that Mt Marion concentrates have been successfully calcined in China for more than 3 years by Ganfeng Lithium.