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MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD 110(2} ANNUAL REPORT For Season 2006 GLACIER PEAK MINING PERMIT NO. M-2003-030 Prepared: 17 Apr 2007 Submitted: 20 May 2007 Summary: Glacier Peak Mining LLC operated mechanized equipment on the Smoky Hawk and Elk Horn mining claims from 1 June through 7 July and on the Blue Smoky and Wolf Fang claims from 17 through 27 July in Teller County, CO to produce amazonite, smoky quartz, fluorite and other related pegmatite minerals. John Deere 992 and 690 track hoes were used along with appropriate air compressor for chipping hammers and a water buffalo. Production occurred predominately at four sites. Test pits were completed at four additional sites. Follow-on mineral removal, prospecting, reclamation, and claim upkeep continued on all Glacier Peak claims through 9 October 2006. Permit M-2003-030 Chanees 2006: Glacier Peak Mining submitted an amendment to increase total acreage to 9.97 acres. The amendment was approved 3 May 2006. An Environmental Assessment was finalized and approved in June 2006 by the U.S.F.S. for "Dorris Mining" and includes aU Glacier Peak Mining claims, Colorado Calumet Co. Inc. claims and Crystaljack mining claims. An updated plan of operations was filed with and approved by the U.S.F.S. on 16 Aug 06. Bonds were increased to $20,696 with the Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety and are held by the state of Colorado. Bonds for roads were established and paid to the U.S.F.S for $11,190. Additionally, a $900 bond is also maintained by the U.S.F.S. Map Denicting Operations: Attached aze maps including a detail map of the five claims covered under this permit and an index map showing all Glacier Peak claims including claims filed in November 2006 (in yellow). The seventeen proposed production excavation sites approved under this permit are shown by the letters A through Q and ace indicated with rectangulaz boxes. An orange area within a rectangular box indicates an open excavation where work will resume this season (2007). Presently, there is one open excavation, Site B, on the Smoky Hawk. A rectangular box which is shaded green shows a completed production excavation site and one which has been reclaimed for at least a yeaz and has 80 percent growth or better. Blue shaded boxes indicate areas reclaimed for less than one yeaz or with less than 80 percent growth. The maps also include all the proposed and active exploratory prospect sites covered under Colorado prospecting permit P-2003-014. These will be dropped in the future since these aze now covered under a separate report for prospecting.