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Banks and Gesso, LLC <br />Processing <br />The Plant Site area contains stationary and/or portable crushing, screening and washing <br />equipment used for the processing of the raw materials as well as a concrete and <br />asphalt plant. The finished processed materials will be delivered off-site. The Plant Site <br />area will be approximately 30 acres. <br />Mining will initially begin to the east of the plant site area. As mining progresses south, a <br />portion of the area will be converted into settling and clarified water ponds for the <br />processing facilities. Mining will continue south on the east side of the access road <br />toward a natural drainage area, which is the southern end of Phase 1. Mining will then <br />proceed back north on the west side of the access road toward the plant site. Once the <br />Phase 1 area is near mining completion, Phase 2 will be opened up starting on the east <br />side of the access road and south of the natural drainage area. Mining of Phase 2 will <br />progress south on the east side of the access road and then back north along the west <br />side of the property. Material from both Phase I and Phase 2 may be transported via <br />conveyor system to the processing plant at the Plant Area. Waste (undersized material) <br />from Phase 2 will be deposited in the sediment and silt cells. <br />Description of Overburden, Deposit and Underlying Stratum <br />Exploratory boreholes and test pits have been completed across the Sundance <br />Resources property and tests have been performed to verify that the sand and gravel <br />deposits are commercially marketable. Approximately 11 feet of overburden (including 8 <br />inches of topsoil) will be removed from the mine areas and stockpiled for plant-growth <br />material in surface reclamation or used as backfill for the pit slopes. An average <br />thickness of approximately 25 feet of sand and gravel exists across the mine area. <br />Mining at the site is intended to progress down to the claystone bedrock. <br />Primary and Secondary Commodities <br />The primary commodity to be extracted is alluvial sand and gravel. It will be processed <br />and used internally or sold as construction aggregate. No secondary commodities are <br />expected. <br />Sundance Sand and Gravel Resource 06015 <br />Lafarge West, Inc. 10 September 2006 <br />