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Annual Report to DMG <br />Bayfield Pit #1 <br />Permit No. M-1987-038 <br />La Plata County, Colorado <br />Extent of current disturbances to affected land: <br />Mining activity resumed in the Bayfield Pit #1 during the current year. <br />Refer to attached map for description of area of current disturbance. <br />Reclamation accomplished to date and during the reporting period: <br />All areas of prior disturbance have been substantially reclaimed in prior <br />years in accordance with the reclamation plan as amended by AM-03 in <br />1998 and further amended by TR-01 in 2003. Areas of current <br />disturbance will be reclaimed after completion of mining activity. <br />New disturbances that are anticipated to occur during the coming year: <br />Mining is substantially complete within the current permitted area. Mining <br />operations are currently on hold, and will resume after approval of the <br />pending Technical Revision Land Exchange which was recently submitted <br />to DMG. <br />Reclamation that will be performed during the upcoming year: <br />Reclamation work (grading and re-seeding) will occur in the coming year <br />in the area of recent mining activity along the western boundary of the pit. <br />Refer to the attached map. Reclamation in the remainder of the pit is <br />virtually complete, except on the northern boundary, where future mining <br />activity will continue. Weed control measures will be performed as <br />necessary throughout the permitted area. <br />Dates for beginning of active operations: <br />July 2005. <br />Date active operations ceased for the year, if any: <br />September 2005. <br />