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EXHIBIT C <br /> MINING PLAN <br /> 6.3.3 - This is an open pit mine located approximately 16 <br /> miles northeast of Otis, Colorado and 650 feet west of Washington <br /> County Road XX. From the intersection of Hwy 34 and Colorado 61 <br /> in Otis follow Colorado 61 north, 14 miles to County Road 54, <br /> then east 6. 8 miles to County Road XX and north approximately <br /> 0 . 43 miles to the existing private road that leads to the mine. <br /> This access also serves as property access for the rest of the <br /> land controlled by the property owners . It is currently 15 feet <br /> wide and the location is shown on the Vicinity Map-ExhibitA-1 supplied <br /> with this application. Periodic grading will be necessary to <br /> keep the road in its present condition and to make it passable <br /> additional gravelly material may be added to protect it from the <br /> truck traffic hauling material from the mine. It will remain <br /> after mining is complete as access for the landowners . <br /> The anticipated life of this mine to be between 5 and 15 <br /> years depending on the amount of material in the mine and the <br /> market demand. The site is currently used as rangeland and is <br /> zoned agriculture. The usable material on this site is 25+ feet <br /> deep and consists of a gravely sand below the upper 6 feet of <br /> topsoil and overburden. The mining operations may be done on a <br /> lease basis so that there are other companies mining and process- <br /> ing material under this permit . Those parties have not been <br /> determined at this time. <br /> The plan is to start mining where the road enters the permit <br /> area and work north and west into the affected lands. This will <br /> create an excavated hole on the site and when the bottom is <br /> reached, the level area created will be used as stockpile area. <br /> The working face will extend across the property from north <br /> to south where material can be loaded directly into trucks if <br /> needed. This face will be worked to the west along the width of <br /> the permit area as mining progresses . Whenever mining gets <br /> within 90± feet of a setback (mining limits) line the mining <br /> method will switch to a method that leaves a 3h to lv until the <br /> mining setbacks are reached. This will leave a slope that only <br /> needs resoiling and seeding to complete reclamation. See the <br /> Mining Plan Map-Exhibit E-2 for an example how the site will look when <br /> mining has reached a time when approximately 50% of the permit <br /> area has been disturbed. <br /> As mining starts and progresses the section to be mined will <br /> be stripped of topsoil/growth medium and the topsoil/growth <br /> medium will be stockpiled around the perimeter of the site or on <br /> Zuege Mine, LLC Zuege Pit <br /> June 11, 2024 16 <br />