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URAVAN-BECK PROJECT DRILL SITE P-1 Page 3 of 7 <br />NOTICE OF INTENT TO COMMENCE PROSPECTING <br />APPENDICES To NOI APPLICATION <br />drill surface and 2 mi. to the E. No groundwater was encountered during previous uranium <br />drilling in the project area (as verbally reported to the Company by a previous operator. <br />APPENDIX B <br />Section I V. 2. <br />Vegetation at the Drill Site is dominated by Pinyon-Juniper woodlands, based on a site visit <br />in May, 2008 and interpretation of recent aerial photos from the National Agriculture <br />Imagery Program (NAIP) (2006). A picture of the southwest edge of the site, looking east <br />into the site, is shown at right. Species identified on the site included scattered wallflower <br />(Erysimum capitatum), popcorn flower (Cryptantha sp.), Indian ricegrass (Achnatherum <br />hymenoides), and Birch leaf <br />mountain mahogany <br />(Cercocarpus montanus). t"<Y <br />NRCS data (Soil Survey C0675 - <br />Parts of Montrose, Dolores, and <br />San Miguel Counties, 2008) lists <br />the drill site as being in the 44w ?? .R <br />Gladel-Bond-Rock outcrop <br />- <br />complex, 1 to 50 percent slopes <br />Rangeland Productivity and Plant - <br />Production data does not list any <br />plant species for this map unit. < <br />although vegetative production <br />(dry weight) is estimated to be - - <br />50-300 pounds per acre for ?•;,*`? <br />4 t J v 1.Gladel soils and 200-600 pounds <br />per acre for Bond soils <br />Section IV. 3. <br />Soil depth ranges from 0-8 in. on the Gladel soils (sandy loam), and 0 to 16 inches on the <br />Bond soils (fine sandy loam to clay loam). Below the soil material is unweathered bedrock <br />derived from sandstone residuum. <br />Soil will be stripped to a 6 in. depth from a 20 ft. diameter area around each drill hole. Total <br />volume of topsoil stored per drill hole will be approximately 7.4 CY. Soil will be stored in one <br />stockpile for each drill fence, close to the drill holes. <br />When drilling is complete, any cuttings that do not fit back in the hole will be spread in an <br />area up to 20 ft. in diameter around each drill hole using the backhoe. Topsoil will then be <br />re-spread to an average depth of 6 inches over the 20-ft. diameter area that was stripped of <br />topsoil prior to drilling using the backhoe. <br />Section IV. 4. <br />After geophysical logging, all holes will be backfilled with cuttings, concrete-plugged at 7 to <br />2 ft. below ground surface (bgs), and dirt-filled from 2 to 0 ft. bgs to meet Colorado