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EiECELVED <br />DEC 122002 ~~' <br />BATTLE MOUNTAIN RESOURCES, INC. / Division of Minerals and Geology <br />December 9, 2002 <br />Mr. Jim DiIGe <br />State of Colorado f, <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: Battle Mountain Resources Inc. <br />San Luis Project --~' ~' <br />CMLRB Permit No. M-88-112 <br />November 2002 Monthly Report <br />Dear Mr. Dillies <br />The following summarizes monitoring and site activities at the Battle Mountain <br />Resources Inc., San Luis Project for the month of November 2002. <br />Surface and ground water monitoring and analysis were completed for all required sites <br />during the month. All surface water stations were inspected and recorded weekly as per <br />the permit terms and conditions. Inspection dates were 11/08/02, 11/13/02, 11/21/02, and <br />11/29/02 and as represented by the attached field log report copies these inspections and <br />recordings identified readings at RS-1, RS-2, RS-3 and RS-5 of zero (0) inches and RS-4 <br />and RS-6 were dry. The monthly precipitation accumulation for November was a trace <br />as associated with several light snowfall events. <br />Vacuum on the tailing lysimeters was verified on November 29`", no water was present <br />for sampling and subsequent analysis as represented on the attached field log report <br />copies. <br />Depths to water were collected for the tailing impoundment main embankment and West <br />Pit piezometers/monitoring wells on November 28t1i and 29a' as represented on the <br />attached field log report copies. The November 29a' tailing impoundment piezometer <br />measurements identified these installations were either dry or contained less than 12 <br />inches of water as illustrated in Table 2. Tables l and 2 below identifies the depth to <br />water measurements collected for each of the site monitoring wells, piezometers and <br />lysimeters. <br />The tailing impoundment collection pond underdrain flow was measured three times <br />during the month and the leak detection system was measured on November 29°i. The <br />November 2002 collection pond underdrain flow average was 44.2 gpm and a total of <br />P.O. Box 310 • San Luis, Colorado 81 1 52-03 1 0 (719) 379-0798 Pax (719) 379-0713 <br />