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<br />Energy Fuels Mining Company <br />Raton Creek Mine <br />2003 ANNUAL RECLAMATION REPORT <br />The Annual Reclamation Report documents backfilling, grading, topsoiling, seeding and <br />maintenance activities conducted by Energy Fuels Mining Company (EFMC) at the Raton Creek <br />Mine during the 2003 calendaz year. Raton Creek remained in permanent cessation -reclamation <br />status during the 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 2003 reclamation work is discussed below. <br />Disturbed Areas <br />No additional acreage was disturbed during the reporting period. Site maintenance <br />included removal of sediment from the sedimentation pond located at the west end of the site and <br />from contour furrows on the south-facing refuse disposal azea and water shed diversion Ditches <br />#4 and #5 located along the south boundary. <br />Sedimentation Pond <br />During January, 2003, approximately 1,438 cubic yazds (in place) of sediment was <br />removed from the south half (the inlet end) of the sedimentation pond. The sediment was <br />excavated using attack-hce excavator. For floatation of the excavator on the soft, muddy ground <br />surface of the pond, large timber pads (floats) were used to travel and work the machine to <br />excavate the sediment. Sediment was removed to the approximate original pond bottom in the <br />south half of the pond retention area. The removed sediment was then truck hauled and dumped <br />along the tce of the south-facing slope in the northeastern portion of the refuse disposal area. <br />Random grab samples collected from the sediment material were collected by Peak Project <br />Management, LLC of Trinidad, Colorado and sent to an independent lab, Servi-Tech <br />Laboratories, Hastings, NE, for analysis. The resulting analysis reported the soil as suitable for <br />top soil. A copy of the soil analysis is enclosed with this report. <br />Given that the sedimendsoil was wet and muddy when dumped, it was allowed to drain <br />and dry during summer months after which the dried soil was spread to an average depth of six <br />inches in the immediate azea. During July, the material was spread (push-dozed) up the tce of the <br />south-facing slope to the lower-most contour ditch and also southwazd across the flat azea <br />immediately adjacent to the slope. The foot print of the newly spread soil azea being triangulaz, <br />2 <br />