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EXHIBIT E RECLAMATION PLAN <br /> 1. General Reclamation Plan <br /> The total disturbed area for the full mine life to be reclaimed under this permit is approximately <br /> 300 acres. However, no more than 40 acres will be disturbed at any given time during mining <br /> and reclamation phases. Reclamation plans can be viewed on Map F-1. Post-mining land use will <br /> be rangeland as it is currently. Multiple final ponds will be present post mining and reclamation; <br /> however, these ponds are remnants of historic mining and will not be redisturbed during this <br /> current mining effort and are not included in the reclamation effort. Historic pre-1980 gravel <br /> dredge piles will remain undisturbed during mining and the Operator is not responsible for <br /> reclamation of these pre-law areas. As described in the mining plan, reclamation will occur <br /> concurrently with mining.No more than three active mining pits will be open at a time. Grading <br /> of post-law areas will occur concurrently with mining and will be the direct result of sluice box <br /> rejects deposited into preexisting topographic lows such as ponds,trenches, and depressed valleys <br /> resultant of pre-law mining. <br /> Topsoil and overburden from the current mining area will be stripped prior to mining and used to <br /> reclaim mined out areas concurrent with new mining efforts; therefore, no stockpiling of topsoil <br /> or overburden will occur in any phase of mining in any location on site. A front end loader, haul <br /> trucks, and dozer will be used to place and distribute overburden and topsoil throughout the site. <br /> It is anticipated that backfilling and seeding will occur at 1 to 2 year intervals until the site is <br /> completely mined. However, as topsoil derived on site will be directly placed in previously <br /> mined and backfilled areas, reseeding may not be necessary as topsoil will contain sufficient <br /> volumes of rangeland live seeds. Topsoil will be replaced to an average depth of 4 inches in all <br /> post-law disturbed areas; however, undisturbed area topsoil depths are highly variable and <br /> contain high gravel and cobble fractions. Topsoil, especially in the initial phases of mining, may <br /> be used to reclaim the limited already graded flat areas of pre-law disturbance. This will occur <br /> only after processing equipment is moved from these first phase processing/pre-law disturbed <br /> and flat areas. <br /> Portable processing areas cannot be reclaimed until the end of the mine's life; however, these <br /> areas will not exceed an approximate combined 10 acres. These areas will be filled with site <br /> Box Creek Placer Mine Greg I.ewicla and Amciatm PI.LC <br /> September 2018 E-1 <br />