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EXHIBIT D MINING PLAN <br /> 1. General Mining Plan <br /> The permit area for the site is 472.3 acres. 452.6 acres of that area will be disturbed as part of <br /> mining operations. Sand and gravel for use in making construction materials products will be mined <br /> onsite. Crushing, screening, and washing of material will all take place on site. Placer gold recovery <br /> will take place as a secondary production when processing material. It is not anticipated that <br /> significant gold will be found. Because most of the site is historic mining,concurrent reclamation <br /> as commonly practiced is not possible. However, historic dredge piles will be excavated to long <br /> term stable slopes to minimize reclamation requirements. Additionally, ground which was not <br /> previously disturbed will be excavated at stable slopes. Reclamation of the mining area will begin <br /> once final mining is finished in portions of the mine, when additional mine floor is not needed for <br /> operations. Table D-1 shows the area of mining shown on each mining map. The mining maps <br /> show the evolution of the operation over the life of the mine. <br /> Table D-1 Mining Areas <br /> Mining Stage Area Map <br /> Initial Dredge Pile Recovery 185 Acres C-2 <br /> Remaining Dredge Pile 296 Acres C-3 <br /> Recovery <br /> Note: Each of these arcas circumscribe the area on the previous map. <br /> Mining will stay at least 500 feet from the Middle Fork of the South Platte River, and will come no <br /> closer than 200 feet to the wetlands along the Platte River. Mining activity will stay at least 30 feet <br /> away from the permit boundary. Mining will be over 1000 feet from CO 9. All mining will stay <br /> above the static water table. Sometime in the future the mine may choose to amend its permits to <br /> include mining below the water table and to expand the horizontal extent of the affected land,but <br /> current reserves will allow mining to stay above the water table in the foreseeable future. <br /> During most of mining, there will be little to no stripping or removing of topsoil. The Trout Valley <br /> Ranch mine site consists of over 50 million tons of usable rock and cobble in large piles left behind <br /> by the placer dredging operations of the early 20th century. The piles are 20-50 feet in height, <br /> Trout Valley Ranch November 2016 D-1 // Graf Lewicki and Aswcisks.PLW <br />