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Acreage and location of all disturbed areas: Existing Roust County Roads, unimproved ranch <br />roads and jeep trails will be used for drilling access. In the circumstance where direct access to a <br />proposed drill-site is not possible using existing roads, drilling equipment will be moved overland <br />the short distance from the road to the drill-site without constructing a new road. <br />Both drill pads will be of uniform size, a maximum of approximately 100 x 100 feet (approximately <br />0.23 acres each). Pad construction will begin with removal of existing topsoil material for use in <br />reclaiming the pad. Available topsoil material wilt be stripped and stockpiled on the uphill side of <br />the pad. After stripping and stockpiling the available topsoil, minor grading and leveling will be <br />completed to establish the drill-pad and accommodate the drilling and support equipment. Mud pits <br />will be constructed within the graded pad area. Generally two or three pits are required, with <br />typical pit dimensions of 10 x S feet anal 6 feet deep. All drilling fluids will be contained within the <br />mud pits, and all drilling supplies will be contained within the area of the drill pad. Any runoff and <br />associated suspended sediment from the drill pads will be controlled and contained by grading, and <br />perimeter berms on the downgradient side(s) of the drill-pad, with release of any minor runoff <br />accumulations in a controlled manner through rock check-dams, .silt fences, and/or straw bales or <br />wattles, as appropriate. <br />4. Type of equipment on site. Mobile drill-rigs, water truck, support vehicles. <br />5. Type of vehicles used for project: See response ro Item 4. <br />Number of employees. The exploration holes will be drilled with a rotary drill-rig, which typically <br />requires three workers. per rig. It is anticipated that one drill-rig will be required for this project. <br />CCR plans to schedule operations on a 12-hour per day basis with the option to operate on a 24- <br />hour schedule in order to minimize the time required to complete the drilling program; exploration <br />holes should be completed within 14 to 21 days. Other associated activities (sampling, logging, <br />project management, and geotechnicai evaluations) may add another 2 to 3 workers to the number of <br />individuals working on-site at any given time. <br />7. Phasing plan. CCR plans to complete the proposed exploration activities during the summer and <br />fall of 2007, however, weather or other unanticipated delays may result in the work extending into <br />the spring and summer of 2008. <br />8. Date of commencement. CCR plans ro initiate exploration activities in early-July 2007. <br />9. Completion date. The project, as noted in Item 7, is projected to be completed by summer 2008. <br />10. Location of stockpiles for topsoil, overburden, etc, if any. The only topsoil stockpiles (or <br />windrows) will be located along any roads that are constructed and at the drill-sites. Any recovered <br />soil materials will be windrowed off the edges ofnewly-constructed roads and on the upslope <br />perimeter of the drill-sites. <br />11. Drainage control on Site. Drainage control at the drill-sites will be through an integrated system, <br />using grading and berms to limit and control surface runoff, mud pits excavated within the footprint <br />of the pad to contain all drilling fluids, and either rock check-dams, silt fence, or straw bales/wattles <br />installed at the low point of the drill- pad to contain sediment and control any discharge. <br />12. All roads to be used for project, and existing conditions of roads, and anticipated <br />improvements: Existing Routt County roads, ranch roads and jeep trails will be used to access the <br />drill-sites -except for limited overland routes that may be necessary to access individual drill-sites. <br />The existing roads are adequate for the intended purposes of the exploration project. <br />