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Rajah 49 Thornton Portal (Rajah Spring) <br />During the 2013 annual seeps and springs survey, water was observed flowing from the Rajah 49 <br />Thornton Portal (Rajah Spring). The Rajah Spring has been sampled in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, <br />2013, and 2014. Field parameters and a sample were collected on June 17, 2014. The analytical <br />laboratory data is provided in Appendix 5. The 2014 seeps and springs survey will be conducted <br />in the third quarter of 2014. <br />The estimated flow rate and measured field parameters are included in Appendix 1, Attachment <br />8 of this report, and the analytical data is summarized in Appendix 2, Table 5. Energy Fuels will <br />continue to include the Rajah Spring in future annual seep and springs surveys. <br />Waste Rock <br />No ore was mined and no waste rock was produced in the second quarter 2014. The Mine is <br />currently in temporary cessation status with only maintenance and monitoring activities being <br />conducted. Energy Fuels has suspended the quarterly waste rock sample collection until such <br />time that mining operations resume and waste rock removal from the mine recommences. <br />Production rates of ore and waste rock are summarized in Appendix 1, Attachments 9 and 10, <br />respectively. Analytical data from previously collected waste rock samples are summarized in <br />Appendix 2, Table 6. <br />Sediment Pond <br />The sediment pond has been monitored since its construction in November 2008 in accordance <br />with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety stipulations. Although storm <br />events and significant snow melt events have occurred, none have resulted in stormwater <br />discharge from the pond. As a result, no stormwater samples have been collected from the pond <br />to date. Energy Fuels will continue to monitor the sediment pond for discharge and will collect <br />samples in the event that a discharge is observed. <br />Dolores River <br />In accordance with BLM stipulations to the mine permit, the Dolores River is required to be <br />monitored for selenium upstream and downstream from the confluence of Lumsden Creek when <br />all of the following conditions are met: <br />1) The Mine treatment plant is discharging treated water, <br />2) There is continuous flow from the middle tributary of Lumsden Creek to the Dolores <br />River, and <br />3) Selenium levels have been in exceedance of the CDPS permit effluent limits in the past <br />two years. <br />