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showing minimum affects from the below average precipitation in 2012 and the near and above <br />average precipitation in 2013 through 2016. The HI aquifer (GP -7) is characterized by a very gradual <br />decline the last five years after steady water levels for the previous years. The KLM aquifer showed <br />a larger water -level decline in 2001 in well GP -8 and continued on a smaller decline rate in 2002 <br />through 2005 with a water level rise in 2006 and fairly steady levels in 2007 through 2014. A small <br />water level decline was observed in 2015 and 2016 in well GP -8. A significant amount of well <br />dewatering occurred from the G pit area in 2016. <br />Steady water levels had been observed in the previous four years in well GMP -1 while a <br />small increase was observed in 2005 through 2011 followed by steady levels the last five years. The <br />previous ten years show a water level rise due to the movement of Pit A to the east of this area. <br />Dewatering was produced from Pits K and L in 2016. The decrease in water levels in wells GD -2 <br />and GD -3 in 2006 were caused by deep exploration drilling in this area. Water levels in these two <br />wells gradually rose in 2007 and overall increased a larger amount in 2008. Water levels continued <br />to overall gradually rise into 2011 and then became overall steady in well GD -2 but declined in well <br />GD -3 until a rise was observed in 2016. The water levels in KLM well GP -2 overall increased from <br />2008 through 2011 but steadily declined in 2012 through 2016. The previous decline could have <br />been caused by the decrease in recharge and mining in this area but the present declines are likely <br />due to less recharge. Water level in well GP -5 is useful in defining natural variations in the QR <br />aquifer for 2016. Water levels in well GP -5 show a rising trend from 1993 through 1998 with a <br />smaller rising trend from 1998 to 2002. Water levels in this well then were fairly steady for five <br />years with another overall rise from 2007 through 2011. Water levels in GP -5 were fairly steady in <br />2012 through 2014 and a small decline in 2015 and 2016 likely due to less recharge. Water -level <br />changes are discussed in more detail in the following section. <br />Trapper Mining Company 2-3 <br />2016 Annual Report <br />