2012-02-28_REVISION - M1980244 (63)

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The ore coming from the crusher system will be stockpiled near the High Grade Mill facilities and then fed into the rodiball mills to grind the ore material into the smaller size needed for milling. From there, the properly sized ore material will be fed into a froth flotation circuit. The froth flotation will produce gold concentrate slurry that is pumped to a re -grind mill and then transferred to agitated cyanide leach tanks where gold will be pulled from the ore material into solution. From the agitated cyanide leach tanks, the concentrate material will be transferred to a CIP circuit where the gold in solution attaches to activated carbon. The gold - loaded carbon will be transferred to the AGADR carbon stripping circuit by truck in double - walled containment vessels. The ground product (or concentrate) from the CIP circuit, after reporting to the dewatering/agglomeration circuit, will be agglomerated and blended with the crushed ore material for placement on one of the VLFs for additional gold recovery. The SGVLF is designed in a similar manner to the existing AGVLF with the same containment features that have been successfully used at the AGVLF. The SGVLF area will consist of an additional +/- 15 million square feet (surface area corrected for slope) of geomembrane -lined area. These structures will include the use of composite liner systems, similar to those approved and used for the AGVLF. The Regulatory Process Teller County Land Use Regulations ( "LURs ") require that amended MDP approvals within the CCMOD be handled through the Appendix CC -10 — Cripple Creek Mining Overlay District, with the recognition that all existing non - mining Conditional Use Permits remain valid. The Appendix CC -10, Section 3 regulations require a substantial amount of information, presumably anticipating mining proposals in new or green fields areas. MLE2 is an extension of the existing Cresson Project, within approved permit boundaries, using approved mining and reclamation practices. Much of this information is duplicative of that previously provided under the MLE (Amendment No. 9) and subsequent Technical Revisions. Key information required for this submittal is brought forward while other information is provided through specific reference to the MLE application or provided in the attached OMLR application. Due to the quantity of information required to be provided, and specifically because much of the information pertains to an already approved and operating property, CC &V requests those third parties reviewing the project with Teller County recognize that the approved Cresson Project is not the subject of this submittal; rather, it is solely the proposed MLE2 activities. CC &V requests your assistance in providing this guidance. The Project Elements The proposed MLE2 activities are internal to the Mining Overlay District Boundary. Land included within the MLE2 Permit Boundary is owned or controlled by CC &V unless otherwise shown. Land ownership is described in Attachment 1, Table 2 to this application. Portions of the MLE2 affected areas are located closer to the permit boundary and closer to habitable structures than previous activities in the permit area. Therefore, noise analyses, noise mitigations, and noise monitoring are provided to assure compliance with the stipulated residential noise standards. A noise report is provided as Attachment 8.