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TELEST <br />S O L U T I O N S I N C O R P O R A T E D <br />2950 E. Harmony Rd., Suite 200 <br />Fort Collins, Colorado 80528 <br />970-484-7704 / 970-484-7789 (FA)O <br />TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM <br />DATE: October 19, 2007 Telesto # 212100 Task 13 <br />TO: Bill Lyle <br />FROM: Jim Finlev and David <br />SUBJECT: Salazar Ranch: Baseline Soils Characterization and Attenuation of <br />Fluoride and Manganese <br />COPY: Julio Madrid <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION <br />Battle Mountain Resources, Inc. (BMRI) is evaluating the potential to irrigate alfalfa <br />(Medicago sativa) at the Salazar Ranch with ground water diverted from the San Luis <br />Mine West Pit. At the request of BMRI, this study was conducted to: (1) characterize <br />baseline soil chemistry within the two center pivot irrigation circles at the Salazar Ranch <br />and (2) assess soil attenuation of fluoride and manganese at the Salazar Ranch. This <br />information will be useful when assessing potential future fluoride and manganese loading <br />to the soils and in understanding the potential for leaching and/or phytotoxicity of fluoride <br />and manganese in irrigation water. <br />2.0 BASELINE SOIL CHEMISTRY EVALUATION <br />Soil samples were obtained from the two center pivot irrigation circles at the Salazar <br />Ranch on May 14, 2004. The two irrigation circles are designated as the North Irrigation <br />Circle and the South Irrigation Circle (Figure 1). Four sampling locations were randomly <br />selected within each irrigation circle and excavated by backhoe. Soil samples were <br />collected in one-foot intervals to a depth of four feet in each of the four excavations. <br />Within each irrigation circle, soil samples from the same depths were composited, for a <br />total of eight samples. A representative morphological soil profile description from each <br />p:lprojectsl212-newmont(smluis)lsanluisVh?shalom_mnchlsoilslsalazar characterizanon fiml.doc