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Energy Fuels Mining Company <br />Raton Creek Mine <br />2004 ANNUAL RECLAMATION REPORT <br />Introduction <br />The Annual Reclamation Report documents reclamation and maintenance activities <br />conducted by Energy Fuels Mining Company (EFMC) at the Raton Creek Mine during the 2004 <br />calendaz yeaz. Raton Creek remained in permanent cessation -reclamation status during the <br />reporting period. <br />This report includes text, discussion, and a map in accordance with the requirements of Rule <br />2.04.13. In addition, the Division's Annual Reclamation Report Form is completed and attached <br />hereto. <br />Reclamation work during the reporting period included site maintenance and visual monitoring. <br />Detailed information about the relevant 2004 reclamation work is discussed below. <br />Disturbed Areas- Site Maintenance <br />No additional acreage was disturbed during the reporting period. Site maintenance <br />included cleaning and maintenance of the contour ditches located on the south slope of the Refuse <br />Pile. Sediment was removed from the ditches and the berms were reinforced with a small dozer. <br />Grading was done and several rock dams were installed in the drainage ditch along the south side <br />of the main entrance roadway just above the main entrance gate. The rock dams were placed to <br />reduce the down cutting that had begun to occurred in the entrance road ditch. <br />During September (2004), angulaz, rip-rap (rock) was hauled and piled adjacent to the <br />steep section of Refuse Ditch No. 1. The rip-rap was scheduled to be (and later was) placed along <br />the upper end of the steep section of where down cutting had occurred along the south side of <br />Refuse Ditch No. 1. The added rip-rap improved the channel and depth of the ditch. <br />The silt material that was removed from the sedimentation pond the previous year (2003) <br />had been spread along the tce of the south slope of the refuse pile and was interseeded with the <br />approved seed mix at that time. During 2004, given the abundant moisture received, the <br />interseeding was becoming well established. The pond's silt material was previously tested and <br />approved as suitable and contributes approximately 1.1 acre of suitable soil to that area. <br />13ackfilled and Graded Areas <br />No azeas were backfilled and graded during the reporting period. <br />z <br />