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(Page 2) MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID # M-1999-120 INSPECTION DATE 02/24/06 INSPECTOR'S INITIALS ESC O83BRVATION3 This was a surety reduction request inspection of the Fort Lupton Sand & Gravel Mine conducted by Erica Crosby of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology. Lynn Mayer Shulta, Richard Schneider and Jim Sittner of L.G. Everist, Znc. were present during the inspection. An 112c Mining and Reclamation Permit was issued to L.G. Everiat, Inc. on June 1, 2000, for a total permit area of 78 acres. The permit was amended on February 10, 2005 that increased the permit area to 290 acres. The Division holds a financial warranty in the amount of $477,500.00. The site is located 2 miles north west of Ft. Lupton in Weld County, Colorado. Amine identification sign was posted at the entrance to the site. L.G. Everiat submitted a surety reduction request (SR-O1) for the site on January 27, 2006. The operator completed the slurry wall liner around the original permitted area of the site. A letter from the Office of the State Engineer (OSE) approving the construction of the liner was submitted with SR-01. in conjunction with the surety reduction, the operator also submitted a technical revision (TR-O1) to bond for the mining and reclamation of the Golden Pit and the Hill-Oakley Pit previously approved under Amendment O1 (AM-01). In these two phases, a slurry wall will be installed prior to mining and will be reclaimed into water storage reservoirs. A site inspection verified that the Blurry wall was completed in the original permit area referred to on the maps as the Fort Lupton Weat and the Fort Lupton East Pite. According to the operator, the slurry wall had to be installed twice due to failure of the slurry wall during the original installation. Apparently, the slurry wall was not keyed in deep enough to the underlying Pierre Shale bedrock. The operator demonstrated compliance of the second slurry wall installation to the OSE using monitoring wells installed on site and pumping tests. The operator is currently mining in the east pit and will be completed within a few months. The west pit has not yet been mined but is currently used for the stockpiling of stockpiles and processing operations. A slurry wall was actively being installed in the Golden pit immediately east of the Fort Lupton East Pit. This area is identified under TR-O1. Slurry wall construction was noted on the pit face adjacent to the South Platte River. The excavator digging the trench was currently out of service during the inspection. According to the operator, the slurry wall must be keyed into bedrock approximately 65 feet deep on the side adjacent to the South Platte. The slurry wall will be ultimately be connected the to the Fort Lupton East Pit slurry wall. The slurry wall will encompass an area approximately 34 acres in size and be approximately 3,790 feet in length with an average to depth of bedrock at 50 feet. The other parcel identified in TR-O1 to encompass a slurry wall ie the Hill-Oakley Pit. The perimeter length of the slurry wall will be 5,354 feet with the average depth to bedrock at 35 feet. The Eber portion of the property will not be mined at this time, but will remain in the permit area for possible mining in the future. TR-O1 also identifies an area on the Swingle South Pit that would be used to store stockpile materials approximately 23 acres in size. As a result of the inspection, the Division will approve the surety reduction request for the slurry wall that is completed around the original permit area and approved by the SEO. The original estimate for the slurry wall (at 208 cost) is $177,595.00 (based on 8,222 lin.ft. * 36'deep). Therefore, the bond will be reduced to $299,905.00. However, with the addition of slurry wall cost for the Hill-Oakley Pit and the Golden Pit under TR-O1, the bond will be increased an additional $226,134.00 (based on 208 cost of the combined area of 376,890 eq.ft. * $3.00 totals $1,130,670). The total bond for the site will be set at $526,000.00. The Division currently holds $477,500.00, therefore, the operator will need to post an additional bond of $48,500.00.