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To: Rebecca Doolittle October 22, 2007 <br />Bureau of Land Management <br />Moab Office ~ . <br />82 E. Dogwood Ave <br />Moab, Utah 84532 <br />Re: (U-070) UTU-83406; Completion. of Reclamation for Prospecting NOI <br />Whirlwind Claims, Grand County, Utah <br />Ms. Doolittle: <br />Energy Fuels Resources Corporation (EFRC) has completed the drilling and reclamation of the <br />fourteen (14} holes described in the NOI submitted to you June 21, 2007, which is Utah DOGM <br />permit number E/Ol9/00064. The holes were plugged in accordance with the stipulations you <br />specified in your August 9, 2007 letter. Drilling concluded on September 22, 2007. Hole <br />plugging and surface reclamation was completed October 12, 2007. Even though seeding was <br />not required, a seed mixture (as used at the adjoining project on BLM land in Mesa County, <br />Colorado) was broadcast at a rate greater than 201bslacre to help with soil stabilization until <br />native species can recover. <br />Abandonment Report <br />A. The holes were plugged as dry.holes. The fourteen holes were plugged by backfilling <br />with cuttings through the portion of the Salt Wash Member of the Morrison Formation <br />that was penetrated and most of the Brushy Basin Member of the Morrison Formation. A <br />plug of bentonite pellets was installed in the upper.~mudstone portion of the Brushy Basin <br />Member, then more cuttings were installed to between $ and 5 feet below ground level. <br />Then the hole was plugged with at least 5 feet of concrete. The bentonite plug was <br />installed to isolate any potential perched groundwater that might occur ~at the base of the <br />Burro Canyon Formation, since a water well exists nearby that produces from that <br />interval. A schematic diagram representative of the hole plugging method is attached as <br />Appendix A. <br />B. No significant amounts of ground water were encountered in any of the holes. The <br />potential for a perched water table exists at the base of the Burro Canyon Formation, as <br />