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<br />EXHIBIT E <br />RE ..ANAT I ON P .AN T 1 F.TAB .R <br />_ Reclamation Plan. Rapid urban development is headed in ~ <br />the direction of the mining location. It is likely the land will <br />be developed as part of a residential area as its next <br />sequential use after the natural resources are exhausted. At <br />the present time, the operator has no definite plan for such <br />development on the affected land since it would take place in the <br />distant future. Therefore, the operator has selected a <br />reclamation plan of Qasture grazing use as the most versatile and ;, <br />protective of the land until other plans are adopted. <br />As each mining stage is completed, a reclamation phase will <br />be commenced. The waste sandstone encountered and extracted while <br />_ mining the clay will be spread on the floor and lower slopes. <br />This sand material, about 40 percent of the total material removed <br />during mining, has been found to swell considerably. The swell <br />factor is estimated to be 1.33. Thus, it is estimated the <br />material returned to the pit will be in excess of 50 percent of <br />the total volume mined. <br />Next, the overburden salvaged during the stripping operation <br />will be returned to the slopes and new floor area. On the slopes <br />this material will be left in a fairly rough condition during <br />redeposition to allow the following layer of topsoil to "bind" to <br />the underlying materials. On the floor areas the overburden <br />material will be smoothed to some extent as it may become the <br />plant growth medium at a later stage of the reclamation process. <br />15 <br />