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EXHIBIT G <br />General <br />WATER INFORMATION <br />Mining of a site like the Fairplay Au Pit will involve limited effects on local ground water and <br />surface water. The topography of the site is such that offsite drainage does not enter the site. During <br />mining, disturbed areas will drain internally. Post mining, the general drainage pattern will be <br />restored. Mining may take place below the water table. It is unlikely that groundwater will be <br />reached based operator experience, but if it is, it will be pumped out to the Platte River. <br />2. Surface Water <br />The Middle Fork of the South Platte River is located roughly 60 feet northeast of the mining area. It <br />is over 20 feet below the bottom of the Fairplay Au Pit. Most surface water runoff drains through <br />the permeable cobble of the site, with the remainder directly flowing to the river. Provisionally <br />identified wetlands, as identified by the US Fish and Wildlife Service National Wetland Inventory, <br />are shown on Map C- 1. Map C -I shows the pre -mining drainage patterns, Map C-2 show the <br />drainage patterns during various stages of mining, and Map F -I show the drainage pattern expected <br />following reclamation. <br />The extent of the 100 -year floodplain is shown on Map C-1. No fill above the pre mine topography <br />will take place on the site. <br />2.1 Runoff Water Handlin <br />Offsite runoff will not enter the Fairplay Au Pit, as it sits at the local elevation peak. Onsite runoff <br />will be trapped by the mining pits when they are disturbed. The pits will be at least a foot deep, <br />which is more than enough to contain the 2.86 inch 100 -YR storm event. No surface water <br />discharge will take place as part of this operation. <br />No water rights will be affected and no water will be detained for more than 72 hours. <br />3. Ground Water <br />Fairplay Ait Pit March 201.' C-1 Cr%LcwkMmWAvac.u, MLC <br />