20210907_NCGS_Comments

NC GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
MINING PERMIT APPLICATION REVIEW CHECKLIST
Mining is . complete
Application/Permit No: 36-35 1Action:
New Modification Transfer
Applicant Name:
Piedmont Lithium Carolinas, Inc.
Mine Name:
Carolina Lithium Project
County:
Gaston
Latitude:
35.38960
7.5 Quad:
Lincolton West
Longitude:
-81.28860
Attached page 1-3 of the mine application.
Suspense Date for Comments: 09/01/2021
NCGS to complete this Section
Geological Significance: YESK NO[]
Commodity: �?,
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Mineral Resources:
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1985 Geological Map Unit:
Me, mtss If's If pl�am., Ckpa *I It 640,k
Other Geological Map Units:
CZ)As -- )Anew- �P AwAt
Lithology:
Geochemistry Hazardous Minerals:
NIA
Subsidence:
M/A
Slope Stability:
WA
Seismic Hazard:
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Hydrogeology:
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Flood Plain Deposits:
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NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
APPLICATION FOR A MINING PERMIT
(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE)
Name of Mine Carolina Lithium Project _ County Gaston County
River Basin South Fork Catawba River
Latitude (decimal degrees to four places)
35.3896"
Longitude (decimal degrees to four places)-81.2886"
RECEIVED
AUG 31 2021
Name of Applicant*Piedmont Lithium Carolinas, Inc. (PLCI)
Permanent address for receipt of official mail** 32N Main Street, Suite 100
Belmont, NC 28012
Telephone [phone] T Alternate No. [phone]
Mine Office Address 32N Main Street, Suite 100, Belmont, NC 28012
Telephone [phone]
,. Mine Manager Patrick Brindle
6. E-mail Address: pbrindleAyiedmontlithium.com
I certify that all details contained in this Permit Application are true and correct to the best of our
knowledge. We fully understand that any willful misrepresentation of facts will be cause for permit
revnratinn.
* * * Signature
Print Name Patrick Brindle
Date b�uvST 10 , Z-tt
Title Executive Vice President — Chief Development Officer
This will be the name that the mining permit will be issued to and the name that must be indicated on the
reclamation bond (security) that corresponds to this site.
* * The Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources must be notified of any changes in the permanent
address or telephone number.
*** Signature of company officer required.
G.S. 74-51 provides that the Department shall grant or deny an application for a permit within 60 days of receipt of
a complete application or, if a public hearing is held, within 30 days following the hearing and the filing of any
&pplemental information required by the Department. All questions must be addressed and all required maps
ovided before this application can be considered complete. Attach additional sheets as needed.

APPLICATION FOR A MINING PERMIT
NOTE: All of the following questions must be thoroughly answered regarding your mining operation for
e intended life of the mine. All responses must be clearly conveyed on a corresponding, detailed mine
ap.
A. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MINE
1. Answer all of the following that apply:
® If this is an application for a NEW permit, indicate the total acreage at the site to be covered by
the permit (this is the acreage that the "new permit" fee will be based upon): 1,548 ac.
S'GO Of this acreage, how much is owned and how much is owned? 860 ac.
S-7. -a ffi l,*1Of this acreage, how much is owned and how much is under optioned to purchase? 575 ac.
--- Of this acreage, how much is owned and how much is leased? 113 ac.
3 ' & Others PID:159240 ' e r_ _Acres leased: 113 Property owner if leased: Elizabeth B. Craig Heirs /z ( )
If this is an application for a MODIFICATION to a mining permit, indicate the mining permit
number and the total (overall) acreage covered by the existing permit.
Mining Permit No.: Total permitted acreage:
Does the modification involve acreage within the previously approved permitted boundary?
Yes ❑ No ❑. If yes, indicate the acreage to be covered by this modification (this is the acreage
that the "major modification" fee will be based upon):
Does the modification involve acreage outside the previously approved permitted -boundary?
Yes ❑ No ❑. If yes, indicate the additional acreage to be covered by this
modification: . (NOTE. you must complete all of Section F. of this application
form entitled Notification of Adjoining Landowners).
Of this acreage to be added to the permit, will any portion of this acreage be affected (i.e.:
disturbed, ground cover removed) by the mining operation? Yes ❑ No ❑ (If no, a
"minor modification" fee of $100.00 is required, despite the "undisturbed" acreage to be added).
If yes, indicate the acreage to be affected within the acreage to be added to the permit (the total
acreage to be added to the permit is the acreage that the "major modification" fee will be based
upon):
❑ If this is an application for TRANSFER of a ruining permit, indicate the mining permit number
and the total (overall) acreage covered by the existing permit.
Mining Permit No.: Total permitted acreage:
SEE THE FEE SCHEDULE AT THE END OF THIS FORM FOR THE PROPER FEE AMOUNT TO BE
PAID FOR THE REQUESTED PERMIT ACTION(S) AND CORRESPONDING ACREAGE NOTED
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2. Name of all materials mined: pegmatite ores which include
action. as well as ouartz. mica (muscovitel. feldspar (albite ai
3. Mining method:
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Hydraulic Dredge ® Front-end Loader & Truck ® Shovel & Truck
Dragline & Truck Self -loading Scraper
Other (explain): Excavator Truck and Conve or Belts
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Expected maximum depth of mine (feet) 138 feet msl
Depth is relative to what benchmark? (e.g., natural ground level, mean sea level, road elevation, etc.)
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APPLICATION FOR A MINING PERMIT
:�D b. Expected average depth of mine (feet) 572 feet
Has any area(s) at this site been mined in the past? Yes ® No ❑
If yes, when and by whom was this activity conducted? Unknown — evidence of mining activity_
observed ..—.
6. Number of years for which the permit is requested (Life of the Mining Operation or Life of Lease from
Public Entity): 20 - Life of Mining Operation
B. MAPS
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1. Clearly mark and label the location of your mining operation on six (6) copies of a 7.5-minute
quadrangle and a county highway map. These maps, in addition to six (6) copies of all mine maps and
reclamation maps, must be submitted with each permit application.
7.5-minute quadrangles may be obtained from the N.C. Geological Survey:
Mailing Address: Physical Address:
1612 Mail Service Center OR 512 North Salisbury Street, 5"' Floor
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1612 Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
[phone]
httn://Dortal.nedenr.orii/web/Ir/cfeoloizical home
County highway maps may be obtained from the N.C. Department of Transportation:
North Carolina Department of Transportation — Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Mailing Address:
NCDOT GIS Unit
1587 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1587
Physical Address:
NCDOT GIS Unit
3401 Carl Sandburg Court
Raleigh, North Carolina 27610
[phone]
http;//www.nedot.org/it/gis/
2. Mine maps must be accurate and appropriately scaled drawings, aerial photographs or enlarged
topographic maps of the entire mine site. All aspects of the mine site must be clearly labeled on the
maps along with their corresponding (approximate) acreage. Thus, all mine and reclamation
maps must denote those activities that are intended to be conducted during the life of the mining
permit. All maps must be of a scale sufficient (see minimum requirements listed below) to clearly
illustrate the following, at a minimum:
a. Property lines of the tract or tracts of land on which the proposed mining activity is to be located
including easements and rights -of -way.
b. Existing or proposed permit boundaries.
c. Initial and ultimate limits of clearing and grading.
d. Outline and width of all buffer zones (both undisturbed and unexcavated).
e. Outline and acreage of all pits/excavations.
f. Outline and acreage of all stockpile areas.
g. Outline and acreage of all temporary and/or permanent overburden disposal areas.
h. Location and acreage of all processing plants (processing plants may be described as to location
and distance from mine if sufficiently far removed).
i. Locations and names of all streams, rivers and lakes.
J. Outline and acreage of all settling and/or processing wastewater ponds.
k. Location and acreage of all planned and existing access roads and on -site haul roads.
1. Location of planned and existing on -site buildings.

Clip from the digital version of the Geologic Map of North Carolina — 1985. Unit is CZms —
Inner Piedmont, Chauga Belt, Smith River Allochthon, and Sauratown Mountain. Rocks
containing garnet, staurolite, kyanite, or sillimanite occur locally; lenses and layers of quartz
schist, micaceous quartzite, calc-silicate rock, biotite gneiss, amphibolite, and phyllite.
5 cp 8'

The brownish colored unit is the Mississippian age Cherryville Granite (Mc). Massive to
weakly foldiated, contains pegmatities, lithium -bearing on east side.

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Latitude: 35.38960
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County: Gaston
S Date: 9/1/2021