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<br />Sly EXHIBIT A
<br />LEGAL DESCRIPTION
<br />The Yankee Gulch Sodium Minerals Project (Yankee Gulch Project) occupies portions of
<br />Rio Blanco and Garfield Counties and is divided into three sections: the Piceance Site,
<br />the pipeline corridor, and the Parachute Site. The entire Piceance Site and most of the
<br />northern part of the pipeline corridor are located on Bureau of Land Management
<br />(BLM) lands. The southern part of the pipeline corridor and the Parachute Site are
<br />located on private property.
<br />The Piceance Site is located within Sections 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 28, and 29 of
<br />Township 1 South, Range 97 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Rio Blanco County,
<br />Colorado. It is approximately 63 miles north-northeast of Grand Junction, 22 miles
<br />west-southwest of Meeker, and 29 miles east-southeast of Rangely, Colorado. It
<br />occupies the Yankee Gulch Joint Venture Leases (Yankee Gulch Leases), which are
<br />controlled by American Soda. The site covers approximately 4,084 acres.
<br />The pipeline corridor is approximately 44 miles long and 50 feet wide (125 feet wide
<br />during construction). It spans the distance from the Piceance Site to the Parachute Site
<br />and runs parallel to existing pipeline corridors for approximately 33 miles. The corridor
<br />passes through portions of the following sections in the order indicated:
<br />Township 1 South, Range 97 West
<br />Sections 19, 20, 29, 28, 33, 34, and 35
<br />Township 2 South, Range 97 West
<br />Sections 2, 1, and 12
<br />Township 2 South, Range 96 West
<br />Sections 7, 8, 17, 16, 21, 20, 29, and 32
<br />Township 3 South, Range 96 West
<br />Sections 5, 4, 9, 16,15, 22, 27, and 34
<br />Township 4 South, Range 96 West
<br />Sections 3, 10,15, 22, 27, and 34
<br />Township 5 South, Range 96 West
<br />Sections 3, 2,11, 14, 13, and 24
<br />Township 5 South, Range 95 West
<br />Sections 19, 30, and 31
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