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Following the excavation of the Phase 1 road, resultant excavated material will be used to fill the <br /> low area south and west of the existing CCP in the processing area location. <br /> Phase 1 mining will quickly follow the initiation of the site and the creation of the site access <br /> area. The initial opening, as shown on Map C-2, includes construction of the access road, <br /> processing area, and mobilization of portable processing equipment, site office, and truck scales. <br /> The first impacted filled low area that will become the main processing area will be stripped of <br /> vegetation and growth medium prior to blasting. Large trees will be segregated and chipped for <br /> mulch to be used in reclamation. Segregated plant debris (compacted mixed trees and sandy <br /> loam/forest litter) will be temporarily stored as reclamation materials intended to be used quickly <br /> during concurrent reclamation (Maps C-3 through C-7). <br /> Creation of the processing area by filling the drainage depression adjacent to the main site access <br /> road will occur prior to shipping commercial loads of material. During Phase 1, portable <br /> processing equipment will be utilized within the processing area and will move from time to time <br /> to optimize operations. Following the creation of the processing area pad and mobilization of <br /> processing equipment, the remainder of Phase 1 will be mined in vertical 25' benches (Figure 3, <br /> Map C-3). The access road used to reach the top of Phase 1 will be extended to reach the top of <br /> Phase 2 prior to the completion of Phase 1 mining. The north facing sloped resulting from Phase <br /> 1 mining will be reclaimed concurrently as shown in Figure 1 to a 2.OH:LOV stable slope. <br /> Concurrent reclamation will occur on all slopes including slopes that will be remined in later <br /> phases. Reclaiming all slopes will further stabilize the landscape and minimize the visual impact <br /> of the Young Ranch Resource over the course of the mine's life. Additionally, rapid reclamation <br /> will provide the added benefit of sound dampening and dust mitigation from previously mined <br /> hard rock slopes. Where possible, materials used in earlier phase reclamation and disturbed in <br /> later phases of mining, will be recollected and used in concurrent reclamation of said later phase. <br /> Phase 2 will be mined following the completion of Phase 1 (Map C-4). The Phase 2 area will be <br /> mined vertically down from the top of the phase in nearly vertical 25' benches to create a final <br /> 2.OH:LOV slope (Figure 3 and Figure 4). Both bedrock and gravel will be mined during Phase 2. <br /> Where applicable, gravel will first be mined by dozer and/or front-end loader and will not require <br /> blasting. Following the removal of surface gravels,the underlying metamorphic bedrock will be <br /> Young Ranch Resource <br /> December 2021 D-1 Lewicki&Associates <br />