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Exhibit D <br />Reclamation Plan <br />The present use of the site is mining. After remining as described in Exhibit <br />C, The Mining Plan, the site will be reclaimed to Wfidiife Habitat. <br />Growth Medium <br />No overburden or growth medium exists for salvage and stockpile during <br />mining. Therefore, no overburden or growth medium will be salvaged and <br />stockpiled during the operation. <br />Grading <br />Reclamation of the site will consist of the regrading accomplished during <br />mining. As described in the Mining Plan, the dredge tailing will be removed to within <br />approximately two feet of the water table. That activity will convert what is an <br />extremely unnatural topographic configuration (placer dredge piles) into an <br />essentially level topography that is much more natural to the valley bottom. No <br />regrading will be done at the end of mining. <br />Timing <br />As indicated above, the regrading implemented during mining will, in effect, <br />complete the reclamation committed to at the site. Therefore, reclamation will be <br />completed in an area as soon as it is mined. <br />Revegetation <br />There is no commitment to revegetate the site. <br />Reclamation Costs <br />The original permit application committed to far more reclamation than that <br />required by law and a financial warranty for that reclamation was submitted when the <br />permit was initially approved. In March 2001, a Technical Revision was approved <br />that reduced the reclamation commitment to that required by law. However, the <br />bond was never reduced. Therefore, this site presently has excess financial <br />warranty for assuring reclamation. <br />it is our intent to request an adjustment of the financal warranty after this <br />Amendment is approved. <br />8 <br />