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Summary of Quarterly Hydrological Monitoring <br /> Monitoring Activities <br /> This report summarizes the quarterly monitoring activities at Energy Fuels Resources (USA) <br /> Inc.'s ("EFRI's") Whirlwind Mine (the "Mine"), as required by the approved Environmental <br /> Protection Plan and Attachment B of the Bureau of Land Management's (the `BLM's") Decision <br /> Record, Finding of No Significant Impact, and Final Environmental Assessment for the <br /> Whirlwind Mine Uranium Mining Project (the "EA"). The following field monitoring activities <br /> were performed during the first quarter of 2020 (January through March 2020) at the Mine: <br /> • Quarterly water level/flow measurements and field parameters were taken DP Spring and <br /> PR Spring on March 27, 2020. <br /> Whirlwind Mine Treatment Plant <br /> During periods when the treatment plant is in operation, mine water from the Mine is pumped to <br /> the surface, stored in a water tank, treated and discharged to the middle tributary of Lumsden <br /> Creek. Discharge of treated water from the Mine is allowed in accordance with the Colorado <br /> Wastewater Discharge Permit System, Permit No. CO-0047562. <br /> EFRI has suspended use of the Mine water treatment plant until such time that mining operations <br /> resume. No water has been pumped from the Mine since December 2009, and Mine water has <br /> been allowed to accumulate in the Mine workings. Refer to Appendix 1, Attachment 1 of this <br /> report for a summary of mine water treatment. <br /> Whirlwind Mine and Packrat Mine <br /> The inflow within the Mine decline cannot be measured directly, because it occurs over <br /> approximately 100 feet from the entrance of the decline and within the drifts. The water collects <br /> in the mine sump, and is subsequently pumped into the untreated water tank on the surface when <br /> the Mine is operating. During periods of non-operation, the groundwater inflow can be <br /> calculated based on the approximate elevation level of accumulated mine water, and the void <br /> volume of the workings. <br /> Access to the Mine decline was restricted during the third quarter of 2012. As a result, flow rate <br /> and field parameter measurements were also put on hold until such time that the Mine is <br /> reopened. Historical flow rates and field parameters from the Mine decline water are included in <br /> Appendix 1, Attachment 2. Analytical data from the previous samples collected from the Mine <br /> are summarized in Appendix 2, Table 1. <br /> Characterization of mine water in the Packrat Mine could not be conducted, because the mine is <br /> not yet accessible. Appendix 1, Attachment 3 of this report is reserved for field data collected <br /> from the Packrat Mine at such time that it becomes accessible and is monitored. <br /> 1 <br />