text: The open days were highly successful in 
  engaging with the community with more than 
  200 local people providing feedback on a range 
  of topics. Sentiment capture and management 
  remains an important aspect for the project as 
  part of the ongoing community relations 
  program, and a full time Community and 
  Government Relations Manager has been 
  engaged on that basis. 
  
  Kingsgate submitted an application for the 
  Director General’s Requirements (DGRs) in 
  December 2012. Following a planning focus 
  meeting with various NSW government depart- 
  ments and agencies in February 2013, the DGR’s 
  were issued in late February 2013. The DGR 
  document combines the elements of the 
  conceptual project development plan (CPDP) 
  and sets out environmental assessment require- 
  ments for the proposed project development. 
  
  A specialist water supply and engineering firm 
  was engaged to determine the project options 
  for supply, ground and surface water manage- 
  ment. Separate specialist consulting firms were 
  engaged to prepare the design and costing of 
  the tailings storage facility and power supply for 
  the Bowdens project. 
  
  A geo-technical drilling program was largely 
  completed and the results utilised in deter- 
  mining preliminary mine design and costing for 
  an open pit mine for Bowdens including pit wall 
  angles for the mine optimisation. 