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• • June 24, 2003 -1- 1.0 INTRODUCTION 003-2203.7 The Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company (CC&V) currently operates the Cresson Project, located in Teller County, Colorado, near the city of Victor on Colorado State Highway 67. CC&V is a joint venture formed by Golden Cycle Gold Corporation and Anglogold (Colorado) Corp. (Anglogold), with Anglogold the managing partner The Cresson Project is a mining and ore processing facility which is comprised of surface mines, crushers, a lined Valley Leach Facility (VLF), gold recovery plant, and associated infrastructure, all of which were designed and constructed to meet or exceed the requirements established by C.R.S. §34-32-101 et seq. and regulations promulgated there under by the Mined Land Reclamation Board (NLRB). The work associated with the Cresson Project is being performed under specific criteria established in Amendment No. 8 of Permit Number M-1980-244 (Permit), as approved by the NLRB. This Report documents the Construction Quality Assurance (CQA) and Construction Quality Control (CQC) services provided by Golder Associates Inc. (Golder) from February 2001 through June 2003 for the Phase Nb Pregnant Solution Storage Area (PSSA), which is defined in Section 1.6. The certification report for the Phase Nb Ore Storage Area (OSA) will be presented under separate cover. The general site plan is presented in Figure 1, and the certification boundary is presented in Figure 2. 1.1 Project Description The initial Cresson Project was designed in 1993 and constructed in phases since 1994 under Amendment Nos. 6, 7, and 8 to Mining Permit M-1980-244. This certification report addresses the addition of approximately 1,027,290 square feet plan area (1,077,810 square feet, neat tine) of the earthen and synthetically-lined PSSA that is generally north of Phase III. This area is referred to as the Phase Nb PSSA and was designed to meet the criteria presented in Amendment No. 8. Ames Construction Inc. (Ames) of Aurora, Colorado was the earthworks contractor for the Phase Nb PSSA. Ames performed construction activities for the Project from February 2001 through June 2003, except for a brief shutdown during the month of March 2003. Poly-Flex Inc. (Poly-Flex) of Grand Prairie, Texas manufactured and installed the geomembrane used to construct the PSSA. Poly-Flex was onsite to install geomembrane August through November 2002, and April through May 2003. Messrs. Ron Roberts, Terry Mandziak, and Jim Smith represented CC&V as the Construction Managers during the course of the work. All quantities and testing frequencies 1:\W\3iQl\OJOOU+nICerIP$$A0603\OWE203AJ00.011JlRep.doc Golder Associates