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Exhibit "C" Mining Plan <br /> • The operation will use existing roads to access the target locations. <br /> • A base camp will be set up at 11,000 feet on the Blue Star Mill Site.Canvas Tents <br /> provide housing for the up to 8 people-a geologist and machine operator will stay on the <br /> mountain and be the primary occupants with room for additional personnel from time to <br /> time.All waste will be removed from the mill site. <br /> • Expected time spent actually mining from previous years'experience would be from 7 to <br /> 14 days with a maximum of 21 days allocated allowing for bad weather and other <br /> unforeseen disruptions. <br /> • The mining will occur with a Volvo Low Clearance Excavator which runs on diesel fuel. <br /> No fuel will be stored on the mountain,refueling will occur each day from tanks brought <br /> up from off the mountain.Any fuel spills will be cleaned immediately and soiled ground <br /> removed from the site. The excavator will dig only into the previously determined sites. <br /> • A Toyota 4 Runner,Hummer H3,Yamaha 660 four wheeler and an excavator will be the <br /> motorized equipment.A working crew of three to four people will help identify,collect, <br /> sort,wrap minerals collected for transport in these vehicles. <br /> • The aggregates will be washed on a screen at the dig site with a self-contained, <br /> recirculating water pump system which will pump from a small water tank that will <br /> collect the excess solids. These solids will be returned to the dig site for reclamation and <br /> the water recirculated. We hope to encounter Mineral specimens and gems. The only <br /> thing leaving the dig site will be mineral specimens and a small number of 5 gallon <br /> buckets if we need to collect material fast and take it down to the mill site for sorting if <br /> weather gets bad. <br /> • The scale of this operation is not expected to be large.A typical pocket of aquamarine is <br /> fist to basketball sized so recovered specimens and gems account for only a very small <br /> portion of the dig. Most of the dig will be over burden which will be placed aside for <br /> reclamation. <br /> • Aquamarine,Smoky quartz and feldspar crystals along with other minor minerals of <br /> interest and of suitable quality will be collected.Once the mining has ceased,the <br /> overburden will be replaced and the surface restored to its original grade.Chris Welker of <br /> the U.S, Forest Service will inspect the reclamation. <br />