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Exhibit H WILDLIFE INFORMATION <br /> This information is unchanged as the new area lies east of the <br /> existing parcel and is the same land type as the existing area. <br /> During the renewal and expansion of the Free Use Agreement the <br /> Bureau of Land Management prepared an Environmental assessment <br /> (EA) for the proposed expansion. In this report, published in <br /> February 2018 they have 3 sections starting at 5 . 13 and ending <br /> with 5 . 14 .4 addressing the impacts to wildlife on the mine area. <br /> All sections show there will be some impacts to wildlife but <br /> except for the period from November 15 to April 30 when no mining <br /> can take place to protect the critical winter range for big game <br /> animals, no mitigation is needed. As stated in the 1994 letter <br /> from the DOW there are no threatened or endanger species using <br /> the site. A copy of the wildlife sections from the EA and the <br /> 1994 DOW letter are included in this Exhibit . <br /> Approximately 500 of the total permit area has been mined and <br /> reclaimed as mining begins on the expansion area this limits the <br /> disturbances at one time so impacts will be minimal . Speed <br /> limits on the mine site are set at 15 mph, haul road lengths are <br /> kept to the minimum length needed for safety at the mine . There <br /> are sufficient areas around the active mining area for wildlife <br /> that use the area to avoid the active parts of the mine or if <br /> they are displaced. Migration corridors for larger big game <br /> species are usually located in the canyons that bisect the area <br /> east of the mine and these areas will remind undisturbed <br /> throughout the life of the mine. <br /> 15 <br />