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11!03/2006 13:52 9705323953 NCWCD ~~~~~`/~D PAGE 04112 <br />NOV 0 3 2006 <br />Division of Reclam i <br />Transportation is defined as all haulage beyond the Division oFliolop~g~~,~reology Permit <br />boundary to the first point of sale to an independent purchaser. Transportation charges shall not <br />exceed the average per ton-mile rate for independent local transporters. <br />Further, at the end of each five-year period, commencing from the original lease date, for so <br />long as this lease remains in effect, Lessor may increase the minimum per ton production royalty by <br />a rate not to exceed the rate of increase of the average Producer's Price Index for natural stone <br />building materials or a suitable equivalent for the previous five-year period, as published by the U.S. <br />Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, to be paid during each yeaz of the succeeding five- <br />year period. Failure to comply with any new royalty rate set by Lessor may subject this lease to <br />cancellation by thirty-day written notice to Lessor. <br />Reporting of production royalty that is credited against advanced minimum royalty is also due <br />on or before the last day of each calendar month for mining during the preceding calendaz month. <br />3. EXTENSION BY PRODUCTION -This ]ease may not be held in perpetuity; however, the lease <br />will continue in effect for an additional ten years, the secondary term, until 2024 if materials are <br />produced in paying quantities prior to the end of the primary term. Cessation of production for a <br />period in excess of 180 consecutive days will automatically remove lease from producing status <br />unless otherwise agreed to in writing by Lessor. Lessee shall notify Lessor of each cessation of <br />production, the reasons therefor, and the time period during which production will or did cease. As <br />used in this lease, Paving quantities means production sufficient to return royalties to Lessor equal <br />to the advance minimum royalty. <br />4. ANCILLARY USE AND ACCESS -Lessee may use the Leased Premises only for the purposes of <br />mining and removing materials, placing on the Leased Premises stockpiles of mined materials from <br />the Leased Premises, and placing such equipment as is approved by Lessor for this removal. All <br />other uses of the Leased Premises not specifically permitted herein will be subject to a separate lease <br />and approval of Lessor. Haul roads and/or access roads, which do not directly benefit the Leased <br />Premises, will be subject to a separate lease and approval of Lessor. The Leased Premises shall be <br />accessed solely using the road permitted in the License Agreement dated May13, 2004, by and <br />between the parties, or from adjoining lands owned by the State of Colorado and subject to General <br />Qttarry Lease No. OR3454 (so long as such Quarry Lease is in effect). <br />5. REPORTS AND RECORDS -After operations begin, on or before the last day of each month <br />during the term of this lease Lessee shall submit a sworn, verified, written report to Lessor, in which <br />report shall be entered and set down the exact amount in weight of al] materials, and the value <br />thereof, mined and removed from the Leased Premises during the preceding calendar month. Lessee <br />agrees to keep and to have in possession complete and accurate books and records showing the <br />production and disposition of any and all materials produced on the Leased Premises and to permit <br />Lessor at all reasonable hours, to examine the same or to furnish copies of same to Lessor within 60 <br />days following written request along with purchaser's support documentation. All said books and <br />records shall be retained by Lessee and made available in Colorado to Lessor for a period of not less <br />than 10 years. If any such examination shall reveal, or if either parry shall discover any error or <br />inaccuracy in its own or the other party's statement, payment, calculation, or determination, then <br />proper adjustment or correction thereof shall be made as promptly as practicable thereafter, except <br />H:UTANGMEN'MGREEMN712004\09-10-04 Quarry Leau-Sro~ Whoksak Corporation-FWAL.wpd Page 3 of 10 <br />