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<br /> <br />• Reclamation work will expand to involve the northern pit bench. Test <br />plots will be possible on both topographic types; flat and 4:1 gently <br />sloping spoils to the 2:1 slopes of the pit bench areas. This steep <br />bench area has a southern exposure classified in a pinyon-juniper <br />floral group resulting in a very demanding test area. Information <br />gained in this experimental circumstance should be valuable since a <br />south facing bench could be the most difficult plant growth situation <br />encountered on the JD-7 project. <br />Year 3 <br />Ore production and stockpiling will be well underway, carried out simul- <br />taneously with topsoilina and overburden removal. Pit depth will increase <br />and the spoil area will grow north in this year. <br />• <br />The addition of west and east facing test slopes on the overburden will <br />constitute the major addition to the reclamation program in this year. <br />South facing pit benches will be expanded but no change in the growth <br />support function is expected. <br />Year 4 <br />Development drilling conducted during years 1 through 4 will quantify <br />potential new reserves on the eastern and southern portions of the lease <br />tract. A decision dependant on ore grade and economic factors will then <br />be made regarding the extraction of ore from newly defined reserves. It <br />is envisioned that underground mining methods would be employed in this <br />• instance. Drill results will be included in Cotter's annual progress <br />reports and if mining is to occur an amendment application will be filed. <br />D-5 <br />