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LKA International Inc. <br />Golden Wonder / Level 6/ Hydrologic Setting Methods <br />2.0 METHODS <br />2.1 GENERAL APPROACH <br />A tremendous amount of water quality data exists for the Golden Wonder site setting, <br />including adjacent areas and down-gradient locations. All available information was <br />reviewed in order to characterize the hydrologic setting specifically associated with the <br />waste rock toe seep. In the process of this review, data gaps were identified and `filled' <br />with the implementation of a waste rock pad piezometer well study. In addition, the <br />historic information gathered from previous studies specifically associated with annual <br />permit sampling, was found to have limited use due largely to analytical quality <br />assurance/quality control. Regardless, sufficient information was recently gained through <br />on-site studies completed by GGI in coordination with Richmont Mines Inc., that have <br />yielded sufficient data to formulate a hydrologic model for the waste rock setting. <br />In order to characterize a hydrologic setting, knowledge of `water sources, water <br />pathways of travel, and release points' are imperative pieces of information. Figures 1 <br />and 2 depict the source, travel pathway and release points that were evaluated as part of <br />this study. For the Golden Wonder Level 6 waste rock pad seeps, the potential sources <br />were identified as follows; <br />1. Deadman Gulch headwaters (Figure 1- seep located on far right side of Figure) <br />2. Historic mine collapse seep waters (Figure 1- seep located due South of the Portal; <br />adjacent to Deadman Gulch) <br />3. Golden Wonder underground managed water <br />4. Cumulative groundwater from alluvium and/or rhyolite geologic formations (Figure 1- <br />Fault zone pathway, Figure 2 - depicts points where seeps occur as a result of geologic <br />formation junctures where bedrock outcrops cause water to emerge through the coarse <br />alluvium). <br />The water travel pathways for each source are as follows' <br />1. Deadman gulch water 4 direct contact and infiltration into the waste rock 4 channeled <br />to a point of release that is the waste rock toe seep <br />2. Historic mine collapse seep water 4 direct contact and infiltration into the waste rock 4 <br />channeled to a point of release that is the waste rock toe seep <br />3. Golden wonder underground managed water 4 seepage into alluvium layer 4 <br />infiltration into waste rock 4 channeled to a point of release that is the waste rock toe <br />seep <br />3