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EXHIBIT C: <br />MINING PLAN <br />This mining plan is for a proposed mining operation known as the Iron & Wm. Richardson Lode <br />Claims in Gilpin County, Colorado, 0.4 miles east off Co. Rd. 279 on Druid Mine Road. <br />Nevadaville Encore, LLC, P. O. Box 1442, Central City, CO 80427, (303) 681 -1111, attaches <br />this plan as "Exhibit C" for a Limited Impact (I IOd) Operation Reclamation Permit Application <br />No. M- 2014 -066 with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety. <br />Production mining will commence on or about March 1 -15, 2015 but only after approval of the <br />(1 IOd) permit application. Mining operations should be concluded by October 1, 2016. Initial <br />mining work will consist of removal of existing surface "dump" ore from historical mining of the <br />Iron and Wm. Richardson lode claims. Gold and silver are the primary metals produced. The <br />area of anticipated disturbance is within the easternmost 500 feet of the Richardson. A total <br />0.574 acre is the area requiring bonding. The Richardson area is completely covered by part of <br />an existing mine dump. The Druid Road and a nearby Xcel Energy power line are the only <br />permanent man-made structures on or within 200 feet of the proposed mine site. XCEL Energy <br />has been notified of the proposed mining operation by certified mail; however, no response as to <br />the proposed mining/reclamation of the mine site has so far been received from them. <br />The anticipated maximum ore removal rate will be far less than 70,000 tons of ore per year. The <br />existing mine dump is estimated to contain a maximum of 8,000 tons of material to be <br />reprocessed. A rubber tired front -end loader and/or an excavator and a 12 -ton tandem -axle end <br />dump truck will be used to remove the ore once production is permitted and an adequate <br />reclamation bond is posted with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board. <br />No new roads will be created during the mining operation. Truck loading will take place only at <br />safe distances from Druid Mine Road. Impacts on local traffic will be minimal. Warning signs <br />and traffic control will be used as needed to protect the public. Dust and noise will be monitored <br />and suppressed as necessary for county ordinance compliance. Photos of current conditions at <br />the mine site are attached to this permit application. <br />Ore will be removed to minimize erosion. Silt fence will be installed prior to mining along the <br />down -slope side of the disturbed area to control potential sediment and to provide for the return <br />of storm water, after the removal of sediment, to the watershed within 72 hours. Wattles will be <br />used at the up -slope edge of the disturbed area to reduce run -on of stormwater. The existing <br />dump will be mined from the lowest edge, i.e., the northeast, toward the southwest corner. <br />Trucks will be loaded on the surface of the unmined existing dump so that any spillage that may <br />occur occurs on the portion of the land to be reclaimed. <br />The existing mined material will be processed at the Federal Mill, United States Mine Safety and <br />Health Administration (MSHA) Mine ID No. 0504994. Our agreement with the Federal Mill <br />requires that all waste produced from the process is to be transported to a CDPHE permitted <br />solid waste disposal facility. A TCLP for the waste characterization for each mine is required for <br />the land fill before disposal of the waste. The process that the Federal Mill uses is performed in <br />