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(b) Topsoil Management Plan <br />Mount Rovale Adit Area <br />Since initial adit collaring was carried out at an area characterized by <br />relatively steep slopes and bedrock exposures, no readily salvageable <br />topsoil horizon was present. Limited timber stands within areas currently <br />occupied by the adit(s) and waste rock pile(s) were harvested prior to the <br />start of the prospect operation. Mount Royale Ventures, LLC limited the <br />removal of trees to those areas where immediately foreseeable impact by <br />the prospecting operation was anticipated, or, where required to address <br />MSHA requirements. Where possible, stumpage was left in place to <br />stabilize waste rock and mitigate erosion potential. <br />Waste rock pile expansion associated with the Mount Royale No. 1 (and <br />No. 2) Adit exploration, development, and production would be <br />accomplished in a like manner. Further timber cutting, where required, <br />would occur just prior to waste rock pile extension. Areas reserved for full <br />build-out of the waste rock stockpile feature are consistent with that <br />previously described in Exhibit B - Item (a), and are generally <br />characterized as steep, bedrock exposures with little to no salvageable <br />topsoil. <br />To the extent salvageable "topsoil" is encountered in future site <br />disturbance activities, Mount Royale Ventures, LLC will strive to salvage <br />such materials for subsequent reutilization in site reclamation activities. A <br />topsoil stockpile area has been designated along the southern eMent of <br />the Permit Area near the Mount Royale No. 1 Adit location. Salvaged <br />topsoil will be stockpiled at that location and stabilized by a temporary <br />vegetative cover. <br />(c) Overburden/Waste Rock Management Plan <br />Mine waste rock will be placed in a permanent stockpile configuration <br />amenable to post-mining closure and reclamation methodologies. <br />The initial 425-feet length of the Mount Royale No. 1 Adit driven during <br />the prospecting phase is anticipated to generate an estimated 1,500 to <br />2,000 tons of mine waste rock. This material has been or will be <br />permanently stockpiled at the portal area to initiate the establishment of a <br />level working area. It is anticipated that additional volumes of waste rock <br />will be generated from continued mine development. At full build-out, the <br />Mount Royale No. 1 portal area waste rock pile (Waste Rock Area A) <br />should readily accommodate on the order of 30,000 to 50,000 tons of <br />material. <br />To the extent additional volumes of waste rock are brought to the surface, <br />waste rock disposal area expansion would progress across and south of <br />the mine access roadway to Waste Rock Area B. It is envisioned that this <br />adjacent area would also be the repository for developmental waste rock <br />originating from the Mt. Royale No. 2 Adit. Appropriate run-on diversions <br />F~chibit C -Mining Plan 9 <br />