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URAVAN-BECK PROJECT DRILL SITE P-5 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 111.5. <br />Yellowcake will access the 500-ft. diameter, 4.5 acre drill site located on Figure 1, Site P-5 <br />via the Geyser Pass Road. If any road work is necessary, a backhoe will be used to repair <br />only the damaged area. No wholesale road grading will be done, and any spot-grading will <br />be done within the existing county road ROW. <br />Approximately 850 ft. of 15-ft. wide access trail will be cut along an old fire break to the drill <br />site. While most of the route will not require any grading at all, the bond includes regrading <br />of an average of six inches of soil along the entire route. Topsoil will be pushed into a <br />windrow to one side of any bladed area. <br />Once within the 4.5 acre drill site, existing exploration tracks will be used to minimize <br />disturbance wherever possible. The truck-mounted, self-contained, small-footprint, air- <br />rotary/hammer drill rig will travel on a designated overland route to the drill hole locations. <br />Once again, if any grading is required to access the drill holes, excavated material will be <br />stockpiled on site using a 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 cubic yards (CY). Soil will be stockpiled on native <br />land to the side of each drill fence in marked stockpiles up to 44-52 CY in volume (or up to <br />26' long x 18' wide x 6' high). <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 on the access route or within the 4.5- <br />acre drill site that is over three ft. high will be cut down and stored in one centrally located <br />stockpile within the drill site. Once drill work is complete, the woody material will be hauled <br />to the Montrose County West End Landfill, located two miles west and one mile north of <br />Nucla. <br />No underground workings will be created or disturbed.