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without constructing a new road, if ground conditions are suitable to prevent rutting. If ground conditions are not suitable for overland travel, it may be necessary to construct short connector road segments for access. In any case, the maximum requirement for all new road construction will not exceed 3, 000 feet. Any new road segments will be a maximum of 14 feet in width (slightly wider for corners or curves) and, as temporary roads, will be pioneered to follow the existing terrain. For any new road disturbance, existing topsoil will be removed and windrowed to the side of the road for use in road reclamation. AZZ of the 39 drill pads will be of uniform size, a maximum of approximately I00 x 100 feet (approximately 0.23 acres each). Pad construction will begin with removal of existing topsoil material for use in reclaiming the pad. Available topsoil material will be stripped and stockpiled on the uphill side of the pad. After stripping and stockpiling the available topsoil, minor grading and leveling will be completed to establish the drill pad and accommodate the drilling and support equipment. Mud pits will be constructed within the graded pad area. Generally two or three pits are required, with typical pi[ dimensions of 10 x 5 feet and 6 feet deep. All drilling fluids will be contained within the mud pits, and all drilling supplies will be contained within the area of the drill pad. Any runoff and associated suspended sediment from the drill pads will be controlled and contained by grading, and perimeter berms on the downgradient side(s) of the drill pad, with release of any minor runoff accumulations in a controlled manner through rock check-dams, silt fences, and/or straw bales or wattles, as appropriate. The proposed geotechnical evaluations will involve drilling up to 20 shallow (maximum depth 100 feet) drillholes and completing up to 2, 000 feet of shallow surface trenching. The total surface disturbance associated with these activifies will be less than 8 acres. 4. Type of equipment on site. Mobile drill-rigs, water truck, support vehicles, and geophysical logging truck. 5. Type of vehicles used for project: See response to Item 4. 6. Number of employees. The exploration holes will be drilled with a rotary drill-rig, which typically requires three workers per rig. It is anticipated that two drill-rigs will be required for this project. Drilling will occur during daylight hours and exploration holes should be completed within 40 to 60 days. Other associated activities (sampling, logging, project management, and geotechnical evaluations) may add another 4 to 6 workers to the number of individuals working on-site at any given time. 7. Phasing plan. JCC plans to drill no more than 10 drillholes per year and complete the proposed exploration activities by December, 201 D 8. Date of commencement. JCCplans to initiate exploration activities in late-June or early-July 2006. 9. Completion date. The project, as noted in Item 7, is projected to be completed by winter 2010. 10. Location of stockpiles for topsoil, overburden, etc, if any. The only topsoil stockpiles (or windrows) will be located along any roads that are constructed and at the drill-sites. Any recovered soil materials wilt be windrowed off the edges of newly-constructed roads and on the upslope perimeter of the drill-sites.