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mined, especially placer grades, it is not 100% definite that all areas shown in the mining plan will be <br />mined. For this reason, JRS Mining cannot commit to reclaiming old historic disturbances that are never <br />part of the new mining activity. Any old disturbances that become part of the new operation will be <br />reclaimed according to the reclamation plan shown in Exhibit E. The Annual Report for each year will <br />address the acreages of old disturbances that are part of the active operation and will be reclaimed under <br />the new permit. <br />Section 1.0 General Description of Mining Activities <br />The site will have rock, sand and gravel mining, as well as gold placer mining. The primary material to <br />be mined over the life of the mine will be boulders and gold placering. Placer activity may be more or <br />less active in any given year. For this mining, excavation of loose gravel will take place to bedrock, or to <br />the limit imposed by the mining slopes, or to 2 feet above ground water level, whichever is encountered <br />first. The maximum mining slopes are 2.5H:1 V. The depth to bedrock is expected to be from 25 feet to <br />60 feet from the surface. Any material that is excavated containing higher concentrations of gold will be <br />transported to the wash plant, where the majority of the gold will be recovered. The material will be <br />mined with loaders, track hoes and/or dozers, and the raw material will be hauled to the wash plant by <br />trucks or loaders, which is shown on Map C-2. Any material that is low in gold will be treated as <br />overburden and will be placed in the mined out area from the previous cut. The wash plant will consist <br />of a hopper, a trommel screen, a sluice, and another finer screen to wash out fines up to 100 mesh. Sand <br />and gravel washed from the sluice and screens may be delivered to stockpiles and sold as sand and <br />gravel products or may be used for backfilling as part of reclamation. <br />As shown on Map C-2, four mining areas are planned for the gold/gravel excavation activity: <br />Mining Areas 1, 2, 3 and 4. <br />Mining Sequence <br />The mining sequence will be as follows: <br />Mine Area 1 first, hauling all gold bearing material to the portable process plant located on the north <br />side of the River. Any non -gold bearing material will be backfilled in the trailing end of the cut area. <br />Sullivan Aggregate Pit March 2015 D-2 <br />