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<br />EXHIBIT D - WILDLIFE, WATER RESOURCES, <br />VEGETATION AND SOILS <br />Inspection of the premises reveals the presence of no <br />wildlife, although one would suspect the occasional presence <br />of jack rabbits and cotton tails along with small rodents. <br />There are no water resources nor are any water rights <br />affected or required by the mining operations. Minor <br />amounts of runoff from rain and other forms of precipitation <br />will occasionally accumulate in the pit. However, the <br />amounts will be in insignificant quantities which will <br />percolate or evaporate on a time scale comparable to the <br />percolation and evaporation of natural accumulations of <br />runoff. <br />Vegetation consists primarily of native grasses growing <br />in extremely sandy soils. Because of the semi-arid <br />conditions which are natural to the area, the native grasses <br />are adapted to growing under adverse conditions without any <br />special quality of topsoil. This is evidenced by the fact <br />that an adjoining area which was mined and abandoned before <br />such operations were required to be permitted, has <br />revegetated itself with natural grasses without reclamation <br />procedures. <br />