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MINING PLAN EXHIBIT D(CONT) <br /> MINING PLAN <br /> Mining will start in 2016 or as soon there after as all permits <br /> are obtained and run from 26 to 35 years depending on the amount <br /> of material available and market demands . This estimated life is <br /> based on an average of 20, 000 tons per year removal . Please <br /> refer to MAP EXHIBITC-1 -MINING PLAN MAP for location of the areas dis- <br /> cussed in the following text . <br /> The Plant Site area not mined will be graded and shaped on the <br /> west side of the existing lake and the access roads will be <br /> improved to facilitate hauling from the site . The Plant Site <br /> will be used to store mined materials until it is needed. <br /> Mining will begin on the west side of the large lake where we <br /> plan to removed material for a 1 . 34 acre area that divides the <br /> large lake from the small lake . Once this area is done, mining <br /> will begin on the east side of the plant site area and work west <br /> and south following the gravel deposit . Some of the old plant <br /> site may have been mined so once the gravel limit is reached <br /> slopes will be created into the lake . The RECLAMATION PLAN MAP shows <br /> how we think this will play out . When this is done mining will <br /> begin on the on the west end of the old material piles and move <br /> east until that material is gone . The mine will be operated as a <br /> dry mine during the approximate 13 years or until the stockpiled <br /> material is removed. Hauling will take place directly from the <br /> stockpiles . We estimate it will take another 14 years to removed <br /> the sand and gravel from under the waste pile area. Material <br /> removed on the gravel deposit will be done using a track-hoe . <br /> The underwater slopes will be shaped 3h: ly as the lake shores are <br /> reached. The mined material will be stored in the Plant Site area <br /> until needed or sold. <br /> Wet mining will resume on the east side of the mining area and <br /> work west . A track-hoe will be used during wet mining and the <br /> working face will be mined near lh to lv. As mining starts along <br /> the east side a stake line will be placed 25 feet from the permit <br /> line to establish the top of slope line . An additional 20 to 25 <br /> feet , depending on the depth of the gravel, will be staked to <br /> establish the dig line . This area will provide the underwater <br /> slope material needed to fill in the near vertical slope created <br /> during mining, to the 3 : 1 final slope . This same staking plan <br /> will be used along the north line when mining approaches the <br /> 9 <br />