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32 <br />• 1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />' 8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />I <br />11 <br />12 <br />• 13 <br />I 14 <br />' 15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />. 24 <br />25 <br />throughout perpetuity? <br />MR. RENNER: No. I think what we <br />have focused on more would probably be raising the <br />pit more to an elevation by backfilling which would <br />be above the water table, and again I think that <br />they can demonstrate that potential inflows are <br />minimal at this point. <br />Moving on to the west pit <br />configuration, our concern -- well, we had two <br />concerns. These were essentially what truly is <br />the beneficial use of this pit in its postmining <br />configuration and what would the stability of this <br />pit be? <br />Again, referring to the map I showed <br />you before, Battle Mountain has demonstrated that <br />probably about 70 or 75 percent of the pit area <br />would be flat land which could be revegetated and <br />used by wildlife and cattle. <br />Battle Mountain has provided for <br />animal access into the pit area as well as between <br />the various lifts within the pit. Portions of the <br />pit area up here will daylight and the benches will <br />be exposed to the topography on either side. There <br />will be haul roads coming in from both the east and <br />west sides here as well as they will create talus <br />