2023-05-25_PERMIT FILE - M2022048 (10)

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Exhibit G Water Information (cont) tion return flow ditches surrounding the lined area. These existing water features will serve to regulate and balance groundwater elevations in the alluvium adjacent to the sealed pits . The GWM suggests that once the groundwater reaches the maximum predicted levels it will stabilize and the corridors left through and around the liners will allow water to pass around the liners . The operator does not anticipate any long-term post-reclama- tion ground water depletions, but if there are any, they would be replaced through a Colorado Water Court approved Plan of Augmen- tation. L.G. Everist, Inc. expects that prior to competition of the reservoirs a local government agency will purchase the storage rights and may begin final construction on the reservoirs . As water storage reservoirs are completed, they will be turned over to the purchaser for further development to complete the final features needed for developed water storage reservoirs . L.G. Everist will submit Technical Revisions to the DRMS if the pur- chaser makes changes prior to L.G. Everist receiving final recla- mation approval and acreage releases from the Division. Water Quality The attached report prepared by Molen Associates explains the plan for collecting the necessary background water quality information of the permit area. Included is a list of the chemi- cals to be tested for and their frequency. This plan includes installing 6-7 additional monitoring wells around the mine and use 4 existing wells that lay outside the proposed slurry walls to collect the data needed for 5 quarters prior to mining and yearly testing as needed. Once the 5 quarter samples are col- lected and analyzed a Technical Revision may be filed to reduce the required monitoring list for the life of the mine. Discharge Permits Surface Water Management When necessary, ground water will be pumped and discharged from the West Farm Reservoirs mine under a CDPS Permit which the operator will obtain from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Water Quality Control Division (CDPHE- WQCD) . This permit will remain active during the life of the mine. The discharge points may change as mining progresses and all necessary changes will be submitted to the WQCD for modifica- tions to the discharge points . Runoff from disturbed areas will be managed and controlled to protect against pollution, of either surface or groundwater through the implementation best management practices which in- clude sloping disturbed areas inward toward the site, vegetating L.G. EVERIST, INC. -WEST FARM RESERVOIRS 32 May 2023