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EXHIBIT E <br /> Reclamation Plan <br /> As areas are mined and product piles moved out of the way reclamation will start. <br /> Reclamation will be completed in stages and will be completed as soon as it is <br /> determined that an area is no longer needed for product storage or mining <br /> operations. Reclaimed areas will be returned to a dryland grass pasture very <br /> similar to what existed on the site previously and what is growing on some of the <br /> neighboring properties. <br /> Maximum gradient of reclaimed slopes will not exceed 3:1. Overburden dirt will <br /> be spread first to achieve desired slopes and topsoil will be placed on top of that <br /> at a thickness of 6-12". After topsoil is placed it will be scarified or disced as <br /> needed to loosen a seedbed and seeded with a Dryland Pasture mix from <br /> Southwest Seed. At the time of this writing that mix is 85% pure live seed and is <br /> recommended to be broadcast at a rate of 20 lbs. / acre or drilled at a rate of 15 <br /> Ibs / acre. Seed will be planted when weather provides a good chance for <br /> establishment. <br /> Dryland pasture mix species % of mix <br /> Crested Wheatgrass 15 <br /> Piute Orchardgrass 20 <br /> Smooth Brome 30 <br /> Pubescent Wheatgrass 20 <br /> Russian Wildrye 10 <br /> Annual Rye 5 <br /> As reclamation is finished the area that will be used for the Topsoil pile and <br /> Overburden pile will be returned to cropland as it was before mining operations. <br /> Cropland will be graded so that it is able to be traversed by farm equipment and <br /> scarified to remove compaction and then returned to production. <br /> A weed control program will be implemented for the affected area for the <br /> duration of the mining and reclamation operation. <br /> No buildings or ponds will remain after reclamation is completed and all drainage <br /> will enter and exit the property in the same manner as it did before mining <br /> operations. <br /> 5 <br />