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(Page 2) MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-1978-091 UG INSPECTION DATE 6/29/06 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS RCO OBSERVATIONS This inspection was performed by the Division as part of its monitoring of Hard Rock and Metals 110d permits. The operators named on page one were present during the inspection. Also onsite during the inspection were several people representing the Gault Group (operator's consultant), and BLM and EPA, specifically: Steve Glass and Ivan Messinger (Gaut) Group); Dave Lazorchak, Barbara Hite, Lynn Lewis, and Bill Carey (BLM); Jerry Cross and Valois Shea (EPA). Inspection of the permitted area only consisted of the 6 level. The site was not active at the time of the inspection. There was only a small stockpile of ore (against the cutslope N of the portal), and no sacked ore stored onsite. There were a few pieces of underground equipment parked at the edge of the pad. The crusher and conveyor were still set up in the same location, as were the generator and compressor. About 50 cubic yards of new waste rock was placed at the SE end of the pad, not against the hillside and not in the gulch. A trash pit was excavated into the waste rock, but it did not appear to contain hydrocarbon containers or lead/acid batteries. The fuel and oil is now adequately stored with secondary containment and protection from precipitation. This storage should be carefully used, maintained and regularly monitored for spills. The outer edge of the pad was bermed and all drainage from the pad surface reported to the small depression just S of the portal, as intended. There was no discharge from the portal. The cutslope does not appear to have eroded or sloughed since the last inspection. The N permit boundary was still marked along the top of the cutslope. Several boundary markers are within a few feet of the top of the cutslope, and they will be monitored to ensure that there is no offsite disturbance. The borrow area at the NE end of the site has not been stabilized either, but there has been no visible failure of that slope to-date. The outslope of the dump has been stable, with no failure of the benches and no material moving down the gulch. The operator will not be further disturbing the dump face, since all new dump rock material will be placed in lifts on the pad surface. Given the apparent difficulty in getting revegetation to grow on the mineralized, clayey dump slope, the operator was encouraged to begin revegetation efforts there. An upcoming modification to the permit was discussed, involving adding some land to the permit adjoining the N side of the 6 level. That filing should also address changes to the approved onsite activities, which still are not approved for the crusher. No inspection was performed of the 3 level portal and dump. An informal meeting and inspection of the proposed drilling location at the bottom of the valleywas performed, with most of the persons named above stiff in attendance. The operator obtained a BLM well permit, but no permit was required from DMG. No further items were observed during the inspection. Responses to this inspection report should be directed to the Division of Minerals and Geology, 701 Camino del Rio, Room 125, Durango, Colorado 81301, Attn: Bob Oswald; phone no.970-247-5193. I & E Contact Address NAME OPERATOR STREET CITY/STATE/ZIP Kve Abraham LKA International. Inc. 3724 47~' St. Ct. N W Gig Harbor, WA 98335 cc: David Berry, DMG ^ CE ^ BL ^ FS ^ HW ^ HMWMD (CH) ^ SE ^ WOCD (CH) ^ OTHER cc: Lance Barker, Au Mining, PO Box 821, Lake City, CO 81235 Dave Lazorchak, BLM, 216 N. Colorado, Gunnison, CO 81230 Steve Glass, Gault Group, Inc., 36 W Main, Cortez, CO 81321