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EXHIBIT E Reclamation Plan The final reclaimed use for the Camilletti Project site is to return areas used originally as cropland back to cropland and areas used as grazing lands back to grazing lands. The top six inches of soil on the property is classified as topsoil. This layer includes the root zone of grasses and crops, which will be stripped and stockpiled separately. If the stockpile remains more than one growing season, it will be seeded with a fast growing vegetative cover to prevent erosion. All topsoil will be retained on-site to reclaim the areas disturbed by mining activities. Approximately 6 inches of topsoil will placed on the disturbed area during final reclamation. Connell anticipates that reclamation will occur concurrently with mining. Topsoil and overburden stripped from newly mined areas will be used for grading and revegetation of previously mined areas. Maximum reclaimed slopes will not exceed 3H:1 V to ensure slope stability, as shown in Exhibit F (Reclamation Plan Map). A 12 foot wide access road will remain on the property after reclamation has been completed. The landowner currently harvests the previously reclaimed pit slopes and adjacent cropland. These areas have been seeded with an alfalfa mix. Connell Resources, Inc. anticipates that the final reclamation would also include seeding with an alfalfa mix per the request from the landowner. On July 8, 2008 a phone conversation with Lori Jaxwick of NRCS indicated the following recommended seed mix for temporary seeding. On August 19, 2008, an e-mail from CJ Mucklow of the Routt County Extension for CSU recommended the following seed mix for permanent reclamation (application rates specified are for drilled seeding; double the rates for broadcast seeding): Temporary Seeding 50% Smooth Brome 6.50 lbs (PLS) per acre 50% Pubescent Wheatgrass 7.00 lbs (PLS) per acre Permanent Reclamation 50% Alfalfa 7.00 lbs (PLS) per acre 25% Cache Meadow Brome 3.00 lbs (PLS) per acre 12.5% Manchar Smooth Brome 1.50 lbs (PLS) per acre 12.5% Piute Orchard Grass 1.50 lbs (PLS) per acre For the past 8 years, Connell Resources, Inc. has coordinated with Routt County Weed Control on annual spraying programs. This includes the noxious yellow toadflax weed. Routt County Weed Control was contacted and annual weed control was consequently implemented after the August 3, 2000 Camilletti Pit County Special Use Permit Planning Commission hearing. This program will continue during the duration of the 112c permit extension, and specific guidelines have been incorporated into the Camilletti Pit Weed Management Plan (see attached copy). Camilletti Pit DRMS 112 Permit Amendment Page 8