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EXPLORATION PLAN AND APPLICATION FOR <br />FEDERAL COAL EXPLORATION LICENSE <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION <br />Blue Mountain Energy, Inc. is submitting this exploration plan and application for a Federal <br />Coal Exploration License on certain unleased Federal Coal Lands in Rio Blanco County, <br />Colorado. The exploratory drilling and logging program described herein will evaluate the <br />quantity and quality of coal in areas adjacent to the Deserado Mine Logical Mining Unit. If <br />present, coal from these areas could supplement existing coal reserves for Deseret <br />Generation and Transmission Cooperatives' coal-fired generating station near Bonanza, Utah. <br />Blue Mountain Energy would like to begin this exploration program as early as April of 2008, <br />as weather permits. Depending upon permits and driller availability, some activities may be <br />conducted in the summer or fall. <br />This plan has been prepared in accordance with federal regulation 43 CFR Part 3400 and <br />includes a brief description of geology, the existing environment, the proposed drilling <br />program, rehabilitation of disturbed land and an exploration schedule. <br />1.1 Property Location and Legal Description <br />The Deserado Mine is located in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, approximately fourteen miles <br />northeast of Rangely, Colorado. Access to the area from Rangely is via Colorado Highway 64 <br />and Rio Blanco County Road 65, the Deserado Mine Road. The Deserado Mine Logical <br />Mining Unit presently includes seven (7) Federal Coal Leases (C-023703, D-047201, <br />COC-8424, C-8425, C-0126669, C-44693, and COC51551) containing 9,265.91 acres. <br />Exploration has been conducted on certain adjacent lands under Exploration Licenses <br />C-28176, C-41127, COC-48969, COC-62949 and COC-67737, all of which are now expired. <br />An "expression of interest" was filed by their predecessor (Western Fuels) with the Bureau of <br />Land Management (BLM) for the area included in License Area C-28176 plus certain other <br />unleased federal coal lands. These lands, including the northern area described in this