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2015 Annual Reclamation Report Energy Fuels Coal, Inc - Southfield Mine <br />sixty percent of the planted seedlings. In addition, nearly half the plants were wrapped with <br />plastic mesh shrub guards to reduce wildlife browsing damage. During the summer season of <br />2010, triangular structures of woven wire fencing and steel fence posts were installed around <br />selected tree and shrub transplants that showed stress or damage from wildlife browsing. In the <br />following years, the structures benefited some of the tree/shrubs while others suffered mortality. <br />During 2012, the landowner, The Corley Company, had notified EFCI and the DRMS about six <br />subsidence holes located at the abandoned Canon National mine which is situate on the Corley <br />property. The DRMS determined that EFCI had mined beneath this area and that per EFCI's <br />permit, EFCI was committed to mitigate the subsidence features and the DRMS directed EFCI to <br />submit a mitigation plan. Minor Revision No. 58 (MR -58) was submitted and approved for the <br />mitigation performed for the subsidence repair work. <br />Approximately 0.5 acre was seeded and mulched in 2012 during the repair of the above <br />subsidence features at the abandoned Canon National Mine located in the NE 1/4 Section 25. The <br />subsidence features were cleaned of debris, backfilled, compacted, re-topsoiled, seeded and <br />mulched. The six holes had subsided due to the shallow mine workings of the abandoned mine <br />workings. Backfill material was used from the adjacent abandoned spoils pile that had been left <br />from the former mine facilities area. The footprint of the removed portion of the spoils pile was <br />also re-topsoiled, seeded and mulched. Additional details of the mitigation work can be found in <br />the 2012 Annual Reclamation Report. <br />Previously revegetated areas at the Loadout Area included seeding the permanent seed mixture <br />in 1997 on the entire backfilled and topsoiled site except for the two sediment ponds. Poor initial <br />vegetative establishment resulted in the decision to reseed the entire Loadout Area in 1999. <br />Limited topsoil availability and extended drought conditions had hindered effective vegetative <br />reestablishment in the Loadout Area. Through ongoing discussions with the DRMS, limited <br />interseeding (25 percent of area) of the reclaimed Loadout area was approved by the DMG <br />(DRMS), with the understanding that this limited work would not affect the current liability <br />schedule (10 -year liability period initiated by secondary reseeding in 1999). <br />During October - November 2014, the two sedimentation ponds at the loadout site, Pond L-1 and <br />Pond L-2, were backfilled and reclaimed. In accordance with the approved permit and pursuant <br />to approval of the DRMS to proceed with the reclamation, after the pond discharge structures <br />were removed and the topsoil was stripped by push -dozing it into windrows (saved), the ponds <br />were backfilled to blend with the surrounding contours, topsoil replaced, the surface roughened <br />by disking, reseeded with the approved seed mix, straw mulch applied at the rate of two tons per <br />acre and the mulch was crimped into the ground. Silt fences were installed at the lower drainage <br />points to deter potential loss of topsoil from the sites. <br />Page 4 <br />