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(Page 2) <br />MINE ID # OR PROSPECTING ID #: M-t 9sta_t t ~ <br />INSPECTION DATE: e-t ~-n~ INSPECTOR=S INITIALS: -~_ <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />Completed a partial inspection of this operation as part of the normal inspection program. <br />Reviewed the tailings Impoundment, the collection pond, the mill area, the main access road, the south waste <br />dump and the R/O facility. Could not access other areas of the permit due to muddy/snowy conditions. <br />The tailings impoundment pond footprint is nearly full which usually occurs this time of the year since irrigation <br />season is still a month or two away. Once the summer season arrives the ponded water will be used to irrigate <br />the vegetated areas within the ] 92 acre Impoundment and the amoun} of water in the pond will be reduced <br />dramatically within a few weeks. <br />A contractor plans to begin removing the mill building and associated equipment sometime this year. <br />As previously reported, the south waste dump outslopes have been graded and the entire disturbance has <br />been topsoiled and re-seeded. Side cast material along the edge of the main access road has been pulled <br />back in to nanow the road to about 30 feet. The area along both sides of the road has been topsoiled and re- <br />seeded. <br />The operator has reclaimed a significant amount of disturbed acreage over the last year. However, there is still <br />a lot of reclamation to do at the site. <br />the R/O unit continues to perform very efficiently. the facility only operates a few days a week. In order }o <br />maintain the required groundwater elevation in the backfill material, the operator continuously pumps two of <br />the monitoring wells in the west pit. When the R/O unit is not running the water is pumped to the lined pond north <br />of the facility. When the unit is operating, water is pumped from the wells and the collection pond. <br />Did not observe any obvious problems at this site. <br />I & E Contact Address <br />NAME: Bill Lvle <br />OPERATOR: Battle Mountain Resources. Inc. <br />STREET: P c-t_ Rox 31~ <br />CITY/STATE/ZIP; San I uic C'n Rt 159 <br />Harry Posey (e-mail) <br />cc: t CE <br />t BL <br />I' FS <br />I' H W <br />I' HMWMD (CN) <br />I' SE <br />t WOCD (CH) <br />I' OTHER <br />