2022-02-09_PERMIT FILE - M2021046 (7)

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2.7 Exhibit G: Water Information Bishop Brodgen and Associations, Water Consultants, specifically Timothy A. Crawford and Christopher J. Sanchez, prepared the contents of this exhibit on behalf of Zephyr USA. As discussed below,the proposed mining operation is expected to intercept ground water and has the potential to affect surface or ground water systems at and in the vicinity of the proposed mine location. Provided below is information that describes the surface and ground water systems and provides details regarding potential impact on those systems as a result of the proposed mining. As summarized below, any impact that may result from the mine to ground and surface water systems is expected to be minimal and inconsequential. 2.7.1 Property and Water Information Summary The proposed Zephyr Dawson property gold mine is located as presented in the attached Figure 1 which encompasses the affected land and adjacent land where impacts may potentially be observed. The proposed mine is located in Fremont County approximately 5.9 miles southwest of Canon City, Colorado. Windy Gulch and Dawson Gulch flow through and around the mine in the immediately vicinity of the property and locally drain the foothills to the south and surrounding the property. These gulches are typically dry and only flow during large precipitation events. Grape Creek is a larger, perennial surface water feature that drains a larger basin to the west and southwest of the property The surface drainages are located as presented in Figure 1. The surface geology at the property is mapped as Precambrian granodiorite consisting of massive to foliated, medium to coarse grained granodiorite and lesser amounts of quartz monzonite and quartz diorite (Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map 1-869). The subsurface at the property contains part of a thin, but laterally extensive zone of gold and base-metal mineralization that trends east-northeast and dips to the south-southeast. This is the targeted gold seam. To the north of the property,the Precambrian granodiorite material contacts sedimentary bedrock including the Dakota formation and the Morrison Formation along an unnamed east-west, steeply dipping fault. Local terrace deposits (unconsolidated quaternary material) are also mapped in the general vicinity of the property. The mapped surface geology in the vicinity of the site is presented in Figure 2. Available well data, including data from two monitoring wells at the property, indicate that the Precambrian granodiorite (a fractured hard rock unit, "Precambrian material") and the Dakota formation are locally saturated and transmit water. For the purposes of this summary,the Precambrian material and the Dakota formation are considered aquifers. The extent of the saturation within the aquifer systems may be limited based on observations from the monitoring wells. Other geologic units identified in Figure 2 are not considered to be aquifers. Regional ground water gradients in the aquifers are generally towards the north in the Precambrian material from the mountainous areas south of the mine and towards the east/northeast in the Dakota formation towards the center of the Canon City Embayment. Local recharge sources are mainly limited to precipitation that infiltrates the formations either as direct recharge or along drainages during runoff where they are present at the surface. Grape Creek to the north of the mine area appears to be in connection with the Precambrian material based on winter base 35