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Bowie Resources, LLC. <br />Bowie #1 Mine - East Mine Revegetation <br />PHASE II BOND RELEASE EVALUATION REPORT - 2016 <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION <br />1.1 General <br />Cedar Creek Associates, Inc. (Cedar Creek) was contracted in 2016 by J. E. Stover and Associates, <br />Inc. on behalf of Bowie Resources, LLC. to evaluate one revegetated area, East Mine, of the Bowie #1 Mine <br />for Phase II Bond Release. Data collection was performed in the interest of ascertaining progress toward <br />revegetation success in general accordance with Rule 3.03, Release of Performance Bonds. The location <br />of the reclaimed area and sample points are provided on Map 1. Field sampling for the directly measurable <br />variable of ground cover was systematically conducted on June 30"', 2016 as the vegetation was reaching <br />its peak production period. Feld efforts in 2016 were conducted by Cedar Creek's Senior Plant Ecologist, <br />Mr. Erik M. Mohr; and Range Ecologist, Mr. Scott Benton. Raw data tables and photographs are presented <br />at the end of the document. <br />1.2 Precipitation <br />Precipitation data presented on Table P and Charts P1 and P2 was recorded at a weather station <br />(Paonia, CO) that is approximately 3 miles southeast of the mine. This weather station is nearest to the <br />site and provides a rough comparison of long-term trends in precipitation in the region. However, the <br />location of this weather station is considerably lower in elevation and so precipitation totals are not likely <br />to be completely accurate. Therefore, precipitation data is not presented, but only used for a discussion <br />on precipitation trends. Based on this data and current vegetation in the reclaimed areas, precipitation <br />totals appear to have been above average for the Bowie #1 Mine in 12 months preceding evaluation in <br />June 2016. <br />1.3 Background, Success Standards, and Evaluation <br />Information regarding dates of reclamation earthwork activities and seeding dates should be provided <br />in other supporting documents. <br />The bond release success standards for the eventual release of reclaimed areas at the Bowie #1 Mine <br />are based on vegetation cover, annual herbaceous production, and woody plant density values of reclaimed <br />areas compared with the success criteria. Diversity, production and woody plant density success <br />CEDAR CREEK ASSOCIATES, Inc. 1 Bowie #1 Mine - East Mine - 2016 <br />Phase II Revegetation Evaluation <br />