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I 1 ~. <br />ESHIBIT E - MINING PLAN <br />Ellison dine - Pioneer Uravan, Inc. <br />November 13. 1978 <br />Ore will be mined underground by modified room and pillar methods used <br />by most underground uranium and vanadium mining operators in Hestern Colorado <br />and Eastern Utah. The rock will be broken into maaageable sized pieces, loaded <br />into diesel underground trucks. trucked to the surface, and transferred into <br />larger trucko Co be hauled [o the mill. Gfi enever possible, all barren rock will <br />be left underground and used as backfill. <br />Total area disturbed at [his site is 9.0 acres. Tw vent holes are expected <br />to be needed at this mine. /ent hole locations are not known at this time. <br />Approximately 1/LO of an acre will be needed for each venthole and this acreage <br />has been added to the disturbed area. <br />N.ining operations will cease ::hen all existing ore is mined estimating 25 <br />years, at which tiae reclamation will be initiated. <br />