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URAVAN-BECK PROJECT DRILL SITE P-3 Page 1 of 7 <br />NOTICE OF INTENT TO COMMENCE PROSPECTING <br />APPENDICES To NOI APPLICATION <br />APPENDIX A <br />Section 1.7. D. <br />The center of the 4.5 ac. drill site was GPS'd by a surveyor. The drill site includes all land <br />within a 250 ft. radius of the center point. All final drill hole locations will be located and <br />recorded using a GPS with sub-meter accuracy prior to drilling to insure they are within the <br />4.5 ac. area. This area has been cleared for Threatened, Endangered, and Sensitive (TES) <br />species, and archaeological resources <br />Section l1/.5. <br />Yellowcake will use the Geyser Pass Road (Q-13 Road) the 500-foot diameter, 4.5 acre drill <br />site located on Figure 1. If any road work is necessary on the county road to access the drill <br />site, a backhoe will be used to repair only the damaged area. No wholesale road grading <br />will be done, and any spot-grading will be done within the existing county road ROW. <br />Both Q-13 Road and S-12 Road pass east to west through Site P-3 on its north and south <br />sides, respectively. A pre-existing exploration trail runs from east to west through the center <br />of the drill site. Each of these roads is on a separate shelf on the plateau, with the land <br />stepping upward to the north. Up to 200 ft. of surficial grading will be required to access the <br />drill site. Old exploration trails within the drill site will be used whenever possible, but some <br />tree-cutting and minor leveling/rock moving may be necessary. If excavation is conducted, <br />topsoil will to be pushed into a windrow to one side of any excavated area for use in <br />reclamation. The surety includes funds for regrading and blending 807 cubic yards (CY) of <br />excavated material in the event that trail excavation within the site is required. <br />The truck-mounted, self-contained, small-footprint, air-rotary/hammer drill rig will travel on a <br />designated overland route to the drill hole locations. Once again, if any grading is required <br />to access the drill hole locations, excavated material will be stockpiled on site using a <br />backhoe and saved for use in reclamation. <br />Drill holes will be grouped in 3- to 7-hole fences. At each drill hole location, approximately 6 <br />inches of soil will be salvaged from a 20 ft. diameter area. Total volume of topsoil salvaged <br />from each hole will be approximately 7.4 CY. Soil will be stockpiled on native land to the <br />side of each drill fence in marked stockpiles. <br />The rotary/hammer drill rig will be used to drill 20 exploratory holes - one hole per drill <br />location. No mud pits or water trucks will be needed for drilling. Cuttings will be collected on <br />the stripped area next to the drill rig. <br />When drilling is complete, cuttings will be replaced down-hole, with excess cuttings <br />(estimated at 10% of total cuttings volume) spread thinly across the immediate surface <br />area. This soil will be re-spread to reclaim the drill site as explained in Section IV below. <br />Efforts will be made to avoid locating drill fences where shrubs or trees need to be cut <br />down. However, vegetation that cannot be avoided and is over three ft. tall will be cut down <br />prior to topsoil stripping. The woody material will be stored near the center of drilling activity