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Exhibit D: Reclamation Plan <br />Reclamation Plan: Partial reclamation will occur at the end of each mining season during <br />mining operations, as is feasible. The natural slopes on the site are approximately a 3:1 <br />grade. To maintain the natural aspects of this mid elevation environment and to reduce <br />the impact of post- mining grading, the slopes will be reclaimed as an approximation to <br />the natural pre- mining slope grades. After mining is completed, excavations and dig sites <br />will be filled with remaining overburden and finer soil (as available) and seeded with a <br />diversity of species recommended by the Forest Service. As a general rule, the disturbed <br />areas will be broadcast seeded with 40 Ibs of seed mix per acre in the fall before <br />snowfall. <br />DRY /MID- ELEVATION 7,500 - 10,000' <br />Bouteloua gracilis var. Hachita (blue grama); Bromus marginatus var. Bromar (porteri) <br />(Mtn brome); Elymus elymoides (Sitanion hystrix) (bottlebrush squirrekail); <br />Stipa comata (Hesperostipa comata) (needle and thread); <br />Elymus trachycaulus ssp trachycaulus (Agropyron trachycaulum) (slender wheatgrass); <br />Elymus lanceolatus ssp dasystachyum var. Critana (Agropyron dasystachyum) <br />(thickspike wheatgrass); Festuca arizonica var. Redondo (Arizona fescue); <br />Koeleria cristata (macrantha) Ounegrass); Poa canbyi var. Canbar (Canby bluegrass) <br />Montane grass Mix for 6,000 - 9,000' from Western Native Seed is $16 /lb. <br />Reclamation Costs: The cost estimate will be based on the maximum excavation and <br />disturbance at any possible time (worst case.) Worst case: two acres disturbed, <br />overburden and topsoil stockpiled near dig areas. <br />Total cost for broadcast seeding two acres (50% failure, $16 /lb, 40lb /acre, including 8 <br />hours labor) is $1920.00. <br />Total labor cost for backfilling holes, maximum of 1000 yd3 for handcrew at $30 /hour at <br />110 labor hours is $3,300. <br />Mobility cost toffrom work site (hiking 2 hours each way for 5 days) is $30 /hour for 10 <br />task hours for a total of $300.00. <br />$1,920.00 seeding two acres <br />$3,300.00 hand labor for backfilling dig site <br />$300.00 mobility to /from site <br />$5,520.00 Total direct costs <br />$111.50 liability insurance (2.02 %) <br />$57.96 performance bond (1.05 %) <br />$552.00 contract profit (10.00 %) <br />$721.46 Total indirect costs <br />Total direct and indirect costs $6,241.46 <br />Reclamation management/administration (5.00 %) is $312.07 <br />Total Bond Amount is $6,553.53 <br />