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YOAST MINE <br />2013 ANNUAL RECLAMATION REPORT <br />2013 DISTURBANCE AREA <br />There were no additional acres disturbed during 2013. The total disturbed area remains 848.6 <br />acres. <br />BACKFILLING AND GRADING <br />There were no acres backfilled and graded in 2013 at the Yoast mine. The footprint, 5 acres, <br />of stockpile L was re- graded and seeded. The 3.4 acres graded, topsoiled and re- seeded at <br />Pond 12 have been previously tallied in 2001. <br />TOPSOIL AND SPOIL MONITORING <br />SCC is required by Permit C -94 -082 to monitor the salvage, storage, and redistribution of <br />topsoil and spoil handling operations at Yoast Mine. <br />• Topsoil Recovery Documentation <br />No additional topsoil was salvaged since no new disturbance occurred. <br />• 2013 Topsoil Replacement Thickness <br />There were no acres of topsoil replacement during 2013. <br />• Soil Pit - Topsoil Fertility and Spoil Suitability <br />No additional soil pit or spoil samples were collected within the Permanent Program permit <br />area in 2013. <br />• Topsoil Balance <br />The topsoil balance is completed to ensure topsoil is salvaged, stockpiled, and replaced as <br />recommended and approved in the permit, and, if necessary, to readjust the topsoil salvage <br />and redistribution thickness. <br />Topsoil Salvage and Storage. The life -of -mine disturbance area from which topsoil was <br />salvaged (848.6 acres) and the topsoil stockpile sites as of December 31, 2013 are shown on <br />the 2013 Topsoil Replacement map. The stockpile volumes are listed in Table 12.1, Topsoil <br />Stockpile Volumes. As of December 31, 2013, there were 41.2 acre -feet of stockpiled topsoil <br />remaining in the mining area. <br />Topsoil Replacement. There were no new acres of topsoil replaced in 2013. <br />3 <br />