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Reclamation <br />Reclamation will be achieved through methods described in the NS Mine Plan. Locations <br />have been chosen to reduce disturbance. Topsoil will be stored immediately adjacent to <br />location, covered and clearly marked. Following completion of all operations on a <br />location, the pad will be recontoured to reflect the original topography. Topsoil will be <br />reapplied, and a seed mix will be distributed per the NS Mine Plan. The access road will <br />also be recontoured, the topsoil redistributed, and seeded in the same manner. If the hole <br />on the location is to be completed as a monitoring well, the location and access will be <br />interim reclaimed so that only the minimum required access is maintained. Interim <br />reclamation will consist of recontouring the pad and access, distributing topsoil, and <br />seeding, while maintaining access adequate for sampling the well. <br />Once the location is reclaimed or interim reclaimed, a fence with gated access will be <br />installed to limit grazing access and allow seeding to cultivate. If fully reclaimed, the <br />location will begin a six year biological monitoring program as per the BLM Record of <br />Decision (ROD). After the six years, if the location meets the requirements set in the ROD, <br />it may be then considered for bonding release. <br />Timing <br />NS wishes to begin drilling the holes as early as possible in 2016. Location and access <br />construction would be done concurrently with drilling; as a pad location is completed, the <br />rig will move on and core, while the dirt moving equipment moves to the next location. <br />Individual pad building is expected to take one or two days, and drilling and coring the well <br />may take 5 to 7 days. Barring contingencies, it is thought that dirt work, drilling/coring, <br />and abandonment would take approximately 3 months for this exploration program. This <br />allows for approximately 10 days per well. The operations are projected to end no later <br />than fall of 2016. <br />Daub & Associates, Inc. NS 2016 Exploration Program <br />Page 4 of 8 Revised 1/14/2016 <br />