2015-03-10_PERMIT FILE - M2014066

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EXHIBIT D: RECLAMATION PLAN This reclamation plan is prepared for a proposed mining operation known as the Iron & Wm. Richardson Lode Claims in Gilpin County, Colorado. Nevadaville Encore, LLC, P. O. Box 1442, Central City, CO 80427, (303) 681 -1111, includes this plan as "Exhibit D" for a Limited Impact (1 IOd) Operation Reclamation Permit Application No. M- 2014 -066 with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety. The area to be reclaimed is the easternmost 500 feet of the historic mine dump of the Richardson Claim. No more than one acre of new disturbance is contemplated for this operation. Virtually all of the proposed disturbance area is covered with mine dump material. An approved reclamation bond will be posted with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board. No new roads will be created during this mining operation. Only a few pine and aspen trees are currently growing on the areas of proposed disturbance. They will be removed. Photos of current conditions at the mine site are attached to this permit application. After mining is completed, the disturbed areas will be graded to match natural contours as much as possible, and topsoil will then be constructed. The maximum grade anticipated after regarding is 25 %, i.e., 4H:1 V. No reclaimed slope will exceed a slope of 3H:1 V. After the topsoil has been constructed the area to be reclaimed will be fertilized and seeded and strawblankets installed for mulch and for erosion control. Details are given below for each of the planned reclamation activities. 1) TOPSOIL. Topsoil will be constructed by placing 1' /2 -21/2" of biocompost on the graded areas by chiseling and/or discing. The biocompost shall be weed free and meet, or be equivalent to, the specifications of the biocompost provided by Pioneer Sand And Gravel in Golden, Colorado as indicated by the attached specification sheet. The biocompost will be delivered to the site after grading and will be spread and chiseled and/or disced as indicated above. No bio- compost will be stored for more than one week one site before being incorporated into the constructed topsoil. 2) SEEDING. The constructed topsoil, as described in paragraph 1 above, will then be fertilized if required, as determined by the results of a soil test as to which nutrients may be deficient in the constructed topsoil and as recommended by the seed mix supplier. The seed mix will then be applied. An appropriate native plant seed mix and fertilizer will be broadcast over the topsoil for final reclamation. The seed mix contains a sterile non - native species that is fast germinating, i.e., Regreen Wheat and Wheat Hybrids, to provide initial stabilization of the reclaimed area. The balance of the mix consists of native species as recommended by the seed supplier, the Botanist for the United States Department of Agriculture for Colorado; and, in conformance of the request by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, for more diverse and native species. The proposed seed mix is as follows: