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EXHIBIT E <br />RECLAMATION PLAN AND TIMETABLE <br />RECLAMA TION PLAN <br />The proposed future use of this site is to return it to it's <br />existing use of rangeland. Mining will create a depression in <br />the terrace deposit that depending on what Options is used will <br />create an amphitheater in the Terrace deposit or daylight out the <br />east and west sides creating a continuous bench running east -west <br />parallel to County Road 613. The possibly of removing the side <br />slopes between the adjoining mines is very probable. This makes <br />the reclamation plan very simple in that the mined area will have <br />to shaped, resoiled and revegetate the area with grass seed once <br />mining is complete. Review of various options shown on the <br />RECLAMATION PLAN maps in this application depict how we believe <br />the site will look once mining is complete. <br />As noted in the Mining Plan we are proposing three options <br />for reclaiming the site. The method used to reclaim each option <br />are the same, the difference in being the amount of sloping <br />needed. In Option 1, the east and west sides will be developed <br />leaving 3:1 slopes along the property line as shown on the maps. <br />In Option 2, the eastern slope will be removed so the floor of <br />the adjoining mine will match the floor of this mine. The same <br />applies for Option 3 except the three mines will have a common <br />floor elevation. The amount of resoiling and revegetation will <br />remain the same as in Option 1 but the floor area will increase <br />by approximately 2.17 acres ± if Option 3 is used. <br />As mining progresses the slopes along the outside perimeter <br />of the mining area will be graded 2:1 to stabilize them until it <br />is time for their removal. By creating the temporary slopes as <br />mining progresses, we are reducing the amount of work necessary <br />to reclaim the site if only Option 1 is used. This will not be <br />done on the west side if Option 2 is used. <br />Since the slopes around the perimeter of the mined area will <br />steeper then their final slopes under Options 1, only minor <br />amounts of backfill slope work will be necessary as mining ends. <br />The working face will be left nearly vertical and will need to be <br />cut /fill sloped or backfilled. The excess overburden being <br />stockpiled will insure that adequate material is on site to <br />complete the sloping plan. This will also insure, that if mining <br />ceases before the resource is exhausted, only a minor amount of <br />work would have to be done to finish reclamation on the disturbed <br />12 <br />