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NEWMONT <br />GOLDCORR <br />3 SEQUENCE OF DEVELOPMENT — SURFACE MINING OPERATIONS <br />The following section describes the sequencing of mining operations. In general, surface <br />operations will continue as permitted in prior amendments for the purpose of extracting, refining <br />and selling gold ore, which is the primary commodity. Mineralized waste mining will be added to <br />surface operations when economic conditions permit, per approved TR -104. <br />The sequence and timing of operations for the active mining, mineralized waste re -mining, ore <br />placement, continued recovery, neutralization, reclamation, and other activities are <br />approximations only based on anticipated production rates, mining fleet, crusher availability, gold <br />price, gold recovery, and many other factors. <br />Active mining at the site will occur through approximately 2028. The typical crushed ore <br />production rate at Cresson Project is anticipated to be approximately 20 million tons (MT) per <br />year. <br />Mined material from the Main, East, and North Cresson mine areas will be segregated during <br />handling. Materials are identified as overburden, ore, or higher -grade ore. Overburden will be <br />placed in an OSA, used as mine area backfill, or used to modify grade of the Schist Island Mine <br />area to accommodate VLF2 Phase 3. <br />Ore will be placed on the VLF2 or on remaining capacity within VLF1. Generally, higher -grade ore <br />will be placed in one of four storage areas in the vicinity of the Main Cresson Mine area as shown <br />on Drawing C -4a. Higher grade ore ultimately will be placed in the HG Mill feed area or crusher <br />feed area to be processed through the HG Mill. Ground product from the HG Mill facilities will be <br />processed within the Mill to form concentrate or placed on VLF2 for additional gold recovery. In <br />addition, ground product may be leached in tanks in the mill with the residual dry tails pressed in <br />the mill and placed on VLF1 or shipped offsite for further processing. <br />Construction of VLF2 began in 2012. Ore placement within VLF2 began in 2016 on the Phase 1 <br />area. Ore was placed on approved sections of VLF2 Phase 2 in Q3 -Q4 of 2019. This Amendment <br />13 seeks to permit design and construction of VLF2 Phase 3, which is expected to add <br />approximately 118 million tons of capacity. Construction on Phase 3 is expected to begin second <br />quarter 2021 with ore placement expected in mid -2022. With the Phase 3 VLF2 expansion, ore <br />placement on the VLF2 will continue through approximately 2028, followed by continued recovery <br />for approximately ten years, or until roughly 2038. The VLF2 will be rinsed for an approximate six- <br />year period followed by reclamation. Reclamation is anticipated to be completed in 2050. <br />The operation and reclamation period (including reclamation monitoring) for the Cresson Project <br />under Amendment 13 is anticipated to be approximately from 2019-2050. Table D-1 provides an <br />Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company <br />Cresson Project Amendment 13 <br />1.9 <br />Exhibit D <br />