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URAVAN-BECK PROJECT DRILL SITE P-6 Page 3 of 7 <br />NOTICE OF INTENT TO COMMENCE PROSPECTING <br />APPENDICES To NOI APPLICATION <br />Section 111.7. J. <br />The drill pad area will be located on two shelves of a flat plateau. A small shoulder near the <br />center of the drill site provides access between the two shelves. The plateau is about 1/3 <br />mi. south of Red Canyon, and approximately 600 vertical feet above this drainage. No <br />groundwater was encountered during previous Uranium drilling in the Carpenter Flats area <br />(as verbally reported to the Company by a previous operator). It is anticipated that no water <br />will be encountered while drilling the planned 200-ft. deep holes. <br />APPENDIX B <br />Section /V 2. <br />Vegetation at the Drill Site is dominated by an open stand of Pinyon-Juniper woodlands with <br />scattered understory vegetation, based on a site visit and recent aerial photos from the <br />National Agricultural Imagery <br />Program (NAIP) (2006). A photo <br />of the site area, taken from the <br />road where the proposed access <br />trail would take off, is shown to <br />the right. This is an old ?y .± <br />exploration trail that was recently <br />driven on by an ATV. <br />NRCS data from Soil Survey <br />C0675 - Parts of Montrose, <br />Dolores, and San Miguel <br />Counties, 2008 lists the drill site - <br />as being in the Gladel-Bond- <br />Rock outcrop complex (Map Unit <br />45), 1 to 50 percent slopes. <br />Rangeland Productivity and Plant <br />Production data does not list any <br />plant species for this map unit, although vegetative production (dry weight) is estimated to <br />be 50-300 pounds per acre for Gladel soils and 200-600 pounds per acre for Bond soils. <br />The site investigation found Birch leaf mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus), <br />Serviceberry (Amalanchier alnifolia), Curl-leaf mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius), <br />cacti including Claret cup cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus) and Hedgehog cactus <br />(Pediocactus simpsoni), Wallflower (Erysimum capitatum), and Popcorn flower (Cryptantha <br />sp.), Indian ricegrass (Achnatherum hymenoides).