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Pitch Reclamation Proiect March 2003 <br />2002 Annual Reclamation Report Page 1 <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION <br />1.1 Terms and Conditions <br />P. M. De Dycker and Associates, Inc. was retained by Homestake to collect the data from contractors <br />engaged at the Pitch Reclamation Project and assemble this report of the 2002 reclamation <br />activities. Data for this report was provided by: Lynx Enterprises, Inc. Agapito Associates, Inc., <br />Glasgow Engineering Inc., MFG, Inc., and the Homestake-Pitch Project field office in Sargents, <br />Colorado. <br />1.2 Purpose and Scope of Work <br />This report was prepared to fulfill the annual reclamation reporting requirements of Homestake to <br />the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology for mine permit number M-77-004. This report <br />primarily presents reclamation and monitoring conducted during the 2002 calendar year. <br />Documentation of reclamation conducted in previous years was presented in prior annual reports. <br />1.3 Project Description <br />' The Pitch Reclamation Project is located in Township 48 North, Range 6 East, Saguache County, <br />Colorado. The project area is located in the Gunnison National Forest. The primary drainage from <br />the property is Indian Creek. Drainage from Tie Camp Creek joins Indian Creek upstream of the <br />' CDPHE discharge monitoring point at the project site. Indian Creek joins Marshall Creek <br />approximately four miles southwest of the Pitch property. A site location map is provided as Figure <br />1. <br />2.0 LAND DISTURBED IN 2002 <br />Surface disturbance in 2002 was limited to work associated with the backfill of the Radium <br />Treatment Plant (RTP) area and burial of material in the Tie Camp low grade ore stockpile. These <br />activities occurred on ground already disturbed by project related facilities. No new land disturbance <br />occurred at the Pitch Reclamation Project during 2002. <br />3.0 RECLAMATION ACTIVITIES IN 2002 <br />Reclamation activities at the Pitch site in 2002 included the backfill, recontouring and revegetation of <br />the RTP site. The steep embankment behind the RTP site was graded to reduce the slope and <br />prevent sloughing. <br />2002_ RECLAMATION RPT.DOC <br />