2016 'LUTAK ORE TERMINAL' MINE EXPORT MEMO

As part of the Lutak Dock Design and Development Project R&M was directed to investigate the potential for including mineral export infrastructure at the Lutak Dock site. R&M's report contained a Mine Export Memo which outlined how the Borough could export the Palmer Project's ore at the 'Lutak Ore Terminal.' Many of the design features were modeled on Skagway's ore terminal. Constantine was a stakeholder at the meetings.

NOTE: R&M's memo doesn't review the containerized bulk handling system which doesn't require a concentrate storage building or a conveyor. (This technology is discussed on page 45.)

MARCH 2, 2017

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— Letter from Alaska Marine Lines, Appendix D

AML was the one stakeholder voice that suggested that the Borough might not ever pay off the facility with user fees and that it should consider a smaller dock.

R&M Design

R&M's PHASED DESIGN

This is the phased design that emerged in 2021. This is the design submitted with the borough's RAISE grant application.

The phased design involved the demolition of the dock face and replacement of the vertical dock face with an angled rock slope, catwalk, and expensive, heavy duty mooring dolphins, as well as other features. It, too, would accommodate Handymax ships.

This image is from the fourth phase of R&M's design from June of 2021 showing uplands uphill of the dock.