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EXHIBIT E - RECLAMATION PLAN <br />1. General Reclamation Plan <br />Map F-1 the Legal Reclamation Plan and the photographs in Appendix A illustrate the pre- <br />mining conditions in the vicinity of the Last Chance Mine Permit. <br />The total disturbed area for this permit is approximately 18.44acres. <br />2. Last Chance Mining Area. <br />As described in the permit application prior to abandonment, the portal area will be collapsed, <br />backfilled with waste rock, and the entire disturbed area, including the waste rock pile will be <br />graded to less than a 3:1 slope. The limited topsoil that was removed and stored on site will be <br />replaced and seeded with the BLM approved seed mixture tabulated in the permit application <br />3. Exploration Drilling <br />Exploration drilling will be done using a self-leveling, 10-wheel Davey Drill Truck, which has <br />the capability of driving to each borehole location with minimal disturbance. Drilling will be by <br />air rotary methods, minimizing equipment and materials; i.e. no mud pits, waste piles, drill pads, <br />etc. The operation will generally require no site preparation, although some brush and shrub <br />removal may be required at select locations. Drilling equipment will use existing roads, trails or <br />open areas so that no new roads need to be constructed. Because of the minimal amount of <br />impact of this drilling activity, there is no need to remove any topsoil. <br />After geophysical and geological sample logging, the holes will be plugged by backfilling with <br />cuttings, pouring in bentonite from about 8 to 3 feet below ground surface, and cement to the <br />surface. Any excess drill cuttings or sample piles will be raked into the surrounding ground and <br />if necessary and soil exists, the ground will be scarified and re-seeded. All activities will be <br />conducted by carefully accessing the site with minimal disturbance. The exploration boreholes <br />will be reclaimed continuously, as each borehole is completed and the drilling rig moves to the <br />next location. <br />The reclamation bond for the second NOI submitted to the DRMS for exploration drilling on <br />adjacent claims will be submitted upon acceptance of this Mining Operations Plan and the EA <br />submitted to the BLM-UFO in October 2008. DRMS NOI P-2008-054 is proposed to be a three- <br />phase drilling program taking up to 7 years and described following and in Appendix B. <br />Phase 1 would include about 2.5 acres of disturbed land with 182 boreholes as shown on maps <br />C-l, and C-2. It includes 182 holes numbered 91 through 272 located predominately in the sage <br />flat east and south of Last Chance Mine. These boreholes will be drilled on parts of the Last <br />Chance #1 and #2, and Bull Durham claims. The estimated reclamation liability is $11,720 <br />which will be posted prior to beginning the drilling program. <br />Phases 2 and 3 are interchangeable in the order to be drilled with reclamation liability increases <br />of $4700.00 and $4800.00 respectively. Bonds will be posted prior to starting drilling in these <br />Last Chance Mine - April 2009 E - 1