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SSR Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine VLF2 Phase 3 Stage B NewFields Job No. 475.0106.072 Week Ending Friday, April 25, 2025 <br />Page 2 <br />1.0 CONTRACTOR OPERATIONS <br /> Earthworks <br />1.1.1 Subgrade <br />Kelley Trucking (KTI) used a John Deere 950k and D8 LGP dozer to prepare subgrade of Stage B <br />between elevations 10,200’ and 10,450’. <br />1.1.2 Structural Fill <br />No structural fill was placed during this period. <br />1.1.3 Soil Liner Fill <br />No soil liner fill was placed during this period. <br />Geosynthetics <br />JHL Constructors (JHL) continued to expose geomembrane along the Stage A tie-in. A Volvo <br />ECR88D excavator with a straight bar welded across the bucket teeth removed the approximately <br />2’ thick layer of DCF. A minimum 3’ strip of geomembrane was exposed. 1-2 JHL laborers assisted <br />by spotting for the excavator and removing the final thin layer of DCF from the geomembrane. <br />All material removed from the tie-in was placed within the existing Stage A limits. <br />KTI removed overburden material from the abandoned Stage A parallel CC&V operations haul <br />road. A 349 excavator removed the material from above the northern Stage A tie-in to create a <br />safe working area for JHL to continue to expose geomembrane. All material removed from the <br />tie-in was placed within the existing Stage A limits. <br />No geosynthetics were installed during this period. <br />2.0 MEETINGS AND COMMUNICATIONS <br />NewFields personnel conducted daily safety meetings at 7:00am. <br />NewFields personnel attending the weekly owners meeting with JHL, KTI and CC&V. Topics <br />of discussion included safety, construction schedule, and weather. <br />Spoke with JHL superintendent (James Land) about the damaged 24” HVSC pipe on the <br />northern end of Stage B. Requested the pipe be exposed to a non-damaged section and <br />capped until it could be tied in with the future Stage B piping.