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EXHIBIT E <br /> RECLAMATION PLAN AND TIMETABLE <br /> RECLAMATION PLAN <br /> The proposed future use of this site is to return it to it' s <br /> existing use of rangeland and agriculture . Mining will create a <br /> series of dry depressions along Black Squirrel Creek that have <br /> flat floors which are approximately 70 feet below the surface . <br /> This makes the reclamation plan very simple in that the mined <br /> area will have 3h to lv slopes from the surface to the mined <br /> floor that will be shaped, resoiled and then revegetated with <br /> grass seed once mining is complete . Review of the RECLAMATION PLAN <br /> MAPS in this application packet depicts how we believe the site <br /> will look once mining is complete . <br /> As mining progresses the slopes along the working face of <br /> the mining area will be temporally graded 2 : 1 to stabilize them <br /> until it is time for resumption of mining or they are final <br /> graded for final reclamation. By creating the temporary slopes <br /> as mining progresses, we are reducing the amount of work <br /> necessary to reclaim the site if mining stopped prematurely. The <br /> exterior slope will be graded 3h to lv, resoiled and seeded as <br /> soon as practical after they are mined. <br /> Since the working face slopes around in the mined area will <br /> be steeper than their final slopes, only minor amounts of <br /> cut/fill slope work will be necessary as mining ends . Five <br /> Hundred feet of the working face will be left nearly vertical and <br /> will need to be cut/fill sloped if mining ended early. This <br /> sloping plan will also insure, that if mining ceases before the <br /> resource is exhausted, only a minor amount of work would have to <br /> be done to finish reclamation on the disturbed area. The <br /> placement of the soil stockpiles around the perimeter of the <br /> mined area or direct placement on the final slopes as stripping <br /> takes place helps reduce the cost to reclaim the site if mining <br /> ended midway thru the site . It also means that the topsoil, only <br /> has to be handled once and reclamation will run concurrent with <br /> mining. <br /> There are sufficient amounts of soil on the site so the <br /> mined area can be resoiled to an average depth of 4 to 6 inches <br /> 12 <br />