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Exhibit B <br /> Site description of Placer Mine Project in <br /> Limited disturbance permit (110(2)) <br /> April7, 2022 <br /> of the <br /> Pot o Gold Ranch Placer Mine Project <br /> This project is a combination mining and reclamation project of the Wilson <br /> Placer mine tailings of the 1930s. This segment of the larger project proposes to <br /> isolate a 9.5 acre block of pre-disturbed placer mined gravels, segregate growth <br /> media where available, re-wash the gravels and reclaim the block into the <br /> surrounding pasture and eventually redevelop the riparian environment. There is a <br /> minor amount of top soil (localized) while the majority of the soil in the deposit is the <br /> orange - brown mineral soil often seen in placer deposits. <br /> The original area was mined as a gold placer but never was reclaimed as was <br /> common for the time. This left the stream in a ditch surrounded by barren piles of <br /> sand and gravel and very limited vegetation. The gravels may be up to 6 ft deep or as <br /> shallow as a few inches. The growth media in the undisturbed ground can be up to 1 <br /> feet thick. Below that, in the undisturbed ground, can be found up to 3 feet of a <br /> somewhat loamy gravel. Underlying that is highly altered granite (grus) sand. In the <br /> disturbed ground, there will be small isolated vestiges of growth media that survived <br /> the previous mining. <br /> The only permanent man-made structures near the project is a segment of BLM <br /> fence on the southern side (as marked) and Albino road (county 32) on the north <br /> side of the property. <br /> On the south side of the proposed mine, is the North Fork of Park Gulch. Up stream <br /> of the site is the Cline reservoir and the reservoir that is the beginning of the Slater <br /> ditch. Downstream is only Tarryall creek. Flow rates out of Como in Tarryall creek are <br /> at 15-17 CFS. However that is east of the project. No water quality data was found <br /> found for Park Gulch. <br /> North fork of Park Gulch is an ephemeral stream in a trench. The stream will not be <br /> affected. <br />