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EXHIBIT E RECLAMATION PLAN AND TIMETABLE RECLAMA TION PLAN The proposed future use of this site is to return it to it' s existing use of rangeland and gravel farm yard. The slopes left when mining ends will be graded 3h to lv and the floor of the mine will be a graveled flat per the landowners wishes . Mining will create a depression in the terrace deposit that leaves an amphitheater in the Terrace deposit by day lighting out the west side, and creating a flat bench running east-west at the same approximate elevations as the county road. This makes the reclamation plan very simple in that the mined area will have to be shaped, and graveled on the yard area and resoiled and then revegetated with grass seed on the slopes and setback areas once mining is complete . The RECLAMATION PLAN MAP in this application packet depicts how we believe the site will look once mining is complete . Reclamation will begin as the exterior limits of the mine is reached. The slopes will be rebuilt using inert material imported into the site during normal business . This material is from job site operated by Colorado Backhoe Service and consists of dirt from foundation excavations, pavement tear outs or clean fill . Around the north, west and south sides a stable 3 : 1 slope will be left that will only need resoiling and revegetation. The farm yard area (old mining area) will be graded and graveled per the landowners wishes . This remains unchanged from what is approved in the existing permit . Once mining is done on a slope area and will not be disturbed again, it will be resoiled and prepared for seeding. We estimate the average depth of the replaced topsoil will be 10 inches . This will mean that at a minimum 2 . 10 acres will be resoiled leaving 23 . 02 acres of area where no topsoil exists at this time . Fertilizer will be used to enhance the seed bed and will be spread and disced in during seedbed preparation. The area will be seeded and 2000 lbs per acres of clean weed free straw will be crimped into the seed bed. Since the mining slopes around the perimeter of the mined area will steeper then their final slopes, some backfilling work will be necessary as mining ends . Four Hundred (400) feet of the working face will be left nearly vertical and will need to be cut/fill sloped if mining ended early. This plan is that if mining ceases before the resource is exhausted, only a minor 13 (REVISED 12/26/17)