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October 2001 -1- 003-2182.004 <br /> 1.0 INTRODUCTION <br /> The Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company (CC&V) currently operates the Cresson <br /> Project, located in Teller County, Colorado, near the city of Victor on Colorado State <br /> Highway 67. CC&V is a joint venture formed by Golden Cycle Gold Corporation and <br /> Anglogold (Colorado) Corp. (Anglogold), with Anglogold the managing partner. The <br /> Cresson Project is a mining and ore processing facility which is comprised of a surface mine <br /> as well as a Valley Leach Facility (VLF), a gold recovery plant, and associated infrastructure, <br /> all of which were designed and constructed to meet or exceed the requirements established by <br /> C.R.S. §34-32-101 et seq. and regulations promulgated hereunder by the Mined Land <br /> Reclamation Board (MLRB), now under the authority of the Colorado Division of Minerals <br /> and Geology(DMG)). <br /> This report documents the Construction Quality Assurance (CQA) services provided by <br /> Golder Associates Inc. (Golder) for the External Pond. This Certification Report addresses <br /> the period of External Pond Construction from November 2000 through September 2001. <br /> 1.1 Project Description <br /> The existing Cresson Project was designed in 1993 and constructed in phases during 1994 <br /> through 2000. This certification report addresses the construction of the External Pond, which <br /> is shown on Figure 1. <br /> Messrs. Ron Roberts, Terry Mandziak, and Jim Smith represented CC&V as the Construction <br /> Manager for the project. Earthwork was performed by Ames Construction Inc. (Ames) of <br /> Aurora, Colorado. Poly-Flex Inc. (Poly-Flex) of Grand Prairie, Texas manufactured and <br /> installed the geomembrane used to construct the External Pond. All quantities and testing <br /> frequencies presented in this report are current as of September 2001, which represents the end <br /> I\00\2182\EXTERNAL POND"TTINAL DOC Golder Associates <br />