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CLIMAX <br />MOLYBDENUM <br />A Subsidiary of Phelps Oodge Corporation <br />March 7, 2006 <br />UPS tracking Number - 1Z 804 847 O1 5225 3339 <br />Mr. Bruce Humphries, Minerals Chief <br />Division of Minerals & Geology <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />HENDERSON OPERATIONS <br />P0. Box 68 <br />Empire, Colorado B043B <br />[303) 569-3221 <br />Fax (303) 569-2830 <br />RECEd VED <br />MAR Q g 2006 <br />Oivisian N Minarafs and Geafosy <br />RE: 2005 ANNUAL REPORT 112d-3 ANUAL REPORT - HENDERSON MINE <br />AND MILL (PERMIT NO. M-77-342) <br />Deaz Mr. Humphries: <br />Included is the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) Annual 112d-3 <br />Report for Climax Molybdenum Company's Henderson Mine and Mill (Henderson) <br />(Permit No. M-77-342), and our check for the $1,000.00 annual fee. Please also find <br />enclosed, as required by regulation, documentation regarding the valuation of water rights <br />that Henderson has used to secure completion of its reclamation obligations; we also have <br />provided documentation to prove that we do not owe any outstanding property taxes. <br />Below is a summary of interim reclamation activities conducted during 2005. <br />Mine Site <br />There were no new disturbances at the Mine in 2005, nor do we expect any in 2006. We <br />conducted no reclamation activities at the Mine in 2005. Additional detail on reclamation <br />completed at the millsite follows. <br />Mill Site <br />The tailing basin water pool increased to an elevation of 8822.83', which increased our <br />disturbed acreage in the Tailing deposition area in 2005 to 1,090 acres, from 1,068 acres <br />the year prior. Based on survey information, Henderson believes that this is a <br />conservative estimate. <br />Henderson continued with the removal and relocation of topsoil that would become <br />inundated by the rising tailing level. During the 2005 year, Henderson successfully <br />relocated approximately 10,000 cubic yards of soil both to the north stockpile, which is <br />located on the northern end of the tailings impoundment, as well as the SS4 stockpile <br />located on the western side of the impoundment. <br />