HYDRO28817

• Permit No: M1988112
• IBM Index Class Name: Hydrology
• Doc Date: 6/12/2006
• Doc Name: May 2006 Monthly Report
• From: Battle Mountain Resources Inc.
• To: DMG
• Permit Index Doc Type: Correspondence
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

BATTLE MOUNTAIN RESOURCES, INC.
June 08, 2006
Mr. Allen Sorensen
State of Colorado
Division of Minerals and Geology
1313 Sherman Street, Room 215
Denver, CO 80203
Re: Battle Mountain Resources Inc.
San Luis Project i/
CMLRB Permit No. M-88-112
May 2006 Monthly Report
Dear Mr. Sorensen:
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The following summarizes monitoring and site activities at the Battle Mountain Resources Inc.
(BMRI), San Luis Project for the month of May 2006.
Surface and ground water monitoring and analysis were completed for all required sites dwing
the month per the terms and conditions of the TR-32 Quality Assurance and Quality Control
(QA/QC) plan.
Vacuum on the tailing lysimeters was verified on May 30th, no water was present for sampling
and subsequent analysis.
Depths to water were collected for the tailing impoundment main embankment piezometers and
the West Pit and tailings embankment monitoring wells on May 25`6. May tailing impoundment
piezometer measurements identified these installations were either dry or contained less than 12
inches of water as illustrated in Table 2. Tables 1 and 2 below identify the depth to water
measwements collected for each of the site monitoring wells, piezometers and lysimeters as
required by the terms and conditions of the TR-32 QA/QC plan.
The tailing impoundment collection pond underdrain flow was pumped intermittently during the
month to minimize the collection pond level. The leak detection system was measured on May
3151. The May tailings pond underdrain flow average was 37.42 gpm and a total of 750 gallons of
water was excavated from the leak detection system yielding a monthly average of 21.42 gpad.
During May, the West Pit water treatment plant operated efficiently discharging a total of
8,925,200 gallons (27.39 acre-feet) of water to Rito Seco Creek and a total of 811,300 gallons
(2.49 acre-feet) of water was transferred from the water treatment plant to the tailings
impoundment. Seepage along Rito Seco Creek remained dry dwing the month.
P.O. Box 310 • San Luis, Colorado 81152-0310 [phone] Fax [phone]
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