2014-05-14_PERMIT FILE - M2014027

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EXHIBIT D RECLAMATION PLAN All mining activity will be located on privately owned land. Colorado Mining and Exploration, LLC, will work closely with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board to ensure that when mining is complete all reclamation is completed in a timely and responsible manner. It is Colorado Mining and Exploration's intent, wherever possible, to restore disturbed areas at Crystal Hill to their original levels of natural productivity when mining operations have ceased. Because potentially valuable mineral content will remain upon termination of mining, and because the economics of potential future recovery dictate economic benefits from leaving such deposits uncovered and near the surface of the earth, the open pit will remain. The historical pit walls were engineered and constructed so as to minimize environmental degradation. This is supported by the minimal amount of rock fall from the pit walls since the open pit was last mined in the 1980's. The open pit will retain the slope of the historic open pit. The slope angle is based on a slope stability study conducted by John F. Abel, Jr., Mining Engineer, for the previous operator and approved by the Colorado Department of Natural Resources. This study and supporting documentation is attached in the Geotechnical Stability Exhibit. Coarseness of mine waste and the lack of existing topsoil make it impracticable to topsoil the mine waste dumps. However, the waste dump is planned to have ultimate contours that will resemble natural deposits, and thus approximate natural appearing topography as well as provide a viable ecologic regimen. This will include, but not limited to, grading so that the material is stable and does not exceed the angle of repose, and construction of water bars to prevent surface water runoff. In the open pit, the base will be graded to produce a roughly flat surface and any unstable lower benches will be stabilized. No soil exists in the historic open pit where mining will take place, or on the existing waste dump that will be used for waste rock storage. Review of these reclamation plans will be undertaken prior to termination of mining, and modifications may be made where desirable. Such review will be done in full cooperation with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety. Reclamation efforts will be directed toward restoration to a near natural state for as much land as practicable. Where complete restoration proves impracticable, efforts will be directed toward maximum mitigation of environmental hazards and degradation effects. Once reclamation has been completed, habitat productivity should return to its pre- mining levels, allowing a full restoration of wildlife values. The walls of the open pit will remain and will probably inadvertently provide additional habitat for a few native animal species, especially raptors.