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<br />EXHIBIT E -RECLAMATION PLAN <br />THE RECLAMATION PLAN HEREIN HAS BEEN DESIGNED SO AS TO BE IN <br />FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE COLORADO MINED LAND RECLAMATION <br />ACT AND THE MINERALS RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE COLORADO <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD. THE RECLAMATION PLAN WILL <br />PROVIDE AN "IN KIND" RECLAMATION AS THE OBJECTIVE AT THE <br />EXCAVATION SITE. <br />1.PREMINING PLANNING <br />A. UNDERTAKE AN INVENTORY OF VEGETATION TO IDENTIFY NATIVE <br />PLANT SPECIES. <br />2. MINING PHASE <br />A. SIX INCHES OF TOP SOIL WILL BE REMOVED AND STORED NEXT TO THE <br />MINING CELL TO BE REPLACED ON EXCAVATED SITE AFTER EXCAVATION. <br />B. GRAVEL EXCAVATION SHALL BE CONDUCTED USING FRONT END <br />LOADERS AND DOZERS. THE EXCAVATED GRAVEL WILL THEN BE <br />TRANSPORTED TO THE SCREENING EQUIPMENT WITHIN THE PERMITTED <br />BOUNDRIES FOR PROCESSING. (SEE MINING PLAN EXHIBIT D PAGE 2) <br />C. TEMPORARY EROSION CONTROL SHALL BE USED WITHIN THE MINED <br />CELLS. CHECK DAM USING STRAW BALES PLACED AT 30 FOOT IN"I"ERVALS <br />TO CONTROL EROSION AFTER TOP SOQ. HAS BEEN RE-ESTABLISHED AND <br />DRILL-SEEDED. <br />D. THE POST-MINING SURFACE WILL BE REVEGETATED IN-SITU AND NO <br />GRADING WILL BE CONDUCTED AFTER_MINING HAS BEEN COMPLETED. <br />E. THE PERIIvIITTERS OF THE 40 ACRES WILL BE FENCED PRIOR TO THE <br />START OF THE MIIJING OPERATION TO PRECLUDE CATTLE DISTURBANCE. <br />THE FENCE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL THE RECLAMATION [S <br />CONSIDERED ADEQUATE WHEN PRE-MINING VEGETATION COVER IS <br />ESTABLISHED AND THE SITE HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM THE MINED LAND <br />RECLAMATION BOARD. <br />