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Natural Soda LLC 2024 Project Status Report & Annual Plan of Development <br /> 11 January 2025 <br /> <br />3.2. Proposed 2025 Activities and Schedule (Confidential) <br />3.2.1. Processing (Confidential) <br />NS anticipates sodium bicarbonate production of approximately 250,000 tons in 2025. <br />Brief, routine shut-downs for periodic boil-outs and maintenance activities will occur as <br />necessary. <br />3.2.2. Well field (Confidential) <br />• NS plans on connecting the 18H-1V and 18H-IR-W production wells drilled in <br />late 2024 to establish the western portion of the 18H mining interval during the <br />winter/summer of 2025. <br />• NS will complete the permitting process, during 2025, for two new production <br />wells, the proposed 19H-1V slant production well to be drilled as the first well <br />of the 19H mining interval and the proposed 19H-IR-E production well to be <br />drilled east of 19H-1V. The 19H-IR-E will intersect the 19H-1V well, forming <br />the eastern portion of a new 19H mining interval. <br />• Once BLM conditions of approval are met (i.e.: raptor and pinyon jay surveys) <br />construction of the 19H East drill pad location will be started in May of 2025. <br />This drill pad will be 3.76 acres in size and will be used for the proposed 19H- <br />IR-E well and eventually the 18H-IR-E and 20H-IR-E production wells. All <br />agency requirements and conditions will be followed throughout the <br />construction process. <br />• It is a possibility that NS could drill and complete the proposed 19H-1V slant <br />production well and the 19H-IR-E horizontal production well in 2025. These <br />two wells would establish the East portion of the 19H mining interval. <br />• If the 19H proposed production wells are drilled, NS will drill the 19H SSMW for <br />subsurface subsidence monitoring of the 19H mining interval in 2025, or early <br />2026. <br />• Following completion of a final subsurface subsidence logging operation NS <br />will P&A the 14H-1V SSMW in 3rd or 4th quarter 2025. The 14H-1V SSMW <br />monitors the retired 14H mining interval. <br />3.2.3. EPA Notification – Schedule of Planned Mechanical Integrity <br />Test (MIT) (Confidential) <br />• Per EPA UIC Permit C030358-00000 requirements, the following routine <br />injection well (initial, 5-year, or 10-year) MIT Part 1 pressure testing and MIT <br />Part 2 temperature logging is planned for 2025. <br />o 15H-1V (Initial) MIT P1 and P2 testing/logging is planned to occur during <br />the second and fourth quarter 2025 for the completion of EPA ATI <br />requirements.