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Exhibit C <br /> Mine Plan for the Pot o Gold Ranch Placer Mine <br /> Limited Disturbance Permit (110(2)) <br /> April 7, 2022 <br /> Mine Plan <br /> The Pot o Gold Ranch Placer Mine <br /> The proposed mining operation will be dependent on the availability of water. It is <br /> anticipated that a normal mining year will start in June and will continue into October <br /> or early November(also depending on the weather) as well as the availability of <br /> water. When adequate water is not available the processing will be suspended for the <br /> year but reclamation and development will continue as needed in preparation of the <br /> next year. The work schedule will be 6 days per week, ten hours per day. <br /> The geology indicates that the side drainage (near the BLM ground)may have shifted <br /> the North Fork of Park Gulch to the north during or after deposition. The thickness of <br /> the stratigraphic section shows topsoil seems to run 10 inches to a foot thick where <br /> undisturbed. The underlying gravel has a somewhat loamy texture beneath that in <br /> some areas. In the middle of the proposed mine there appears to an outcrop of granitic <br /> `grus'or sand that was eroded during that depositional period. The disturbed gravels <br /> contain more fines but where washed it is just clean gravel. The overall depth of the <br /> gravel appears to range between 3 feet and 6 feet thick. <br /> Of what we know, the placer appears to be a standard early 1900s dragline placer <br /> operation. They stripped the overburden off the cuts and stacked it on the top of the <br /> strip piles. The tops of these piles have exhibited fine gold indicating that they may <br /> have stripped to within 2-3 feet of bedrock rather than testing. This was also common <br /> for this period of time. <br /> It is important to understand the processed areas as well as below the strip piles.A <br /> shallow pit within the washed channel will provide information on potential growth <br /> media that must be saved. Then the tailings will be tested to determine if gold was lost <br /> during processing which would be common if there was any amount of clay. <br /> The area under the tails will be explored for un-mined ground that may have <br /> remaining resources. The strip piles will also be evaluated. The tops will be tested to <br /> understand how much is economic (Figure 1). That will lead to how much is just <br /> barren strip. Hopefully there is a topsoil zone under that which can be saved for <br /> reclamation. Under that will likely be a barren zone that can be stripped and placed <br />