PERMFILE41912

• Permit No: M1988112
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 11/8/1988
• Section_Exhibit Name: EXHIBIT E RECLAMATION PLAN
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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E.4 Previous Mining Disturbance Reclamation
E.4.1 Pit Area
' The mine pit created by the previous operator at the San
Luis Project (known as the El Plomo Mine) will tie completely
' encompassed by the East Pit area. Reclamation of this
disturbance cannot be separated From that of the East Pit and
will be conducted as outlined in Section E.3.1.1.

E.4.2 Old Heap Leach

The old heap, which lies to the south of the East Pit,
' has revegetated through natural invasion. Vegetation is equal
to that of the surrounding areas. Battle Mountain will test
' the material in the old heap for recoverable gold. If the
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recrushed and moved to the new heap leach area. The area of
' the old heap will then be ripped and graded. Pond liners will
be folded in and graded over. A concrete embedded swimming pool
' presently below the old heap will be broken up and buried.
Topsoil stockpiles are not believed present for the area of
the old heap and, therefore, no topsoil will be replaced. The
area will be seeded using the procedures outl.ine~i in Section
E.2.
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Monitoring conducted by the previous operator has shcwn
' that the old heap is completely neutralized. If recoverable
values of gold are not found in the old heap, then Battle
' Mountain will not disturb the heap. Final reclamation of the
old heap will be accomplished by folding in the pond liners
and breaking up and burying the old concrete embedded swimming
pool, followed by minor regrading of these areas anti reseeding.

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