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• areas of the existing Main Cresson Mine, extend mining to the north into the Wildhorse <br />Extension ("WHEX") of the East Cresson Mine, and extend mining to the north of the <br />Schist Island Mine in the areas of the prior Globe Hill Mine. Processing and recovery of <br />the additional gold will be completed through a Phase 5 extension of the existing VLF. <br />Overburden resulting from mining in these extension areas will be placed into other <br />portions of the existing Main Cresson Mine, East Cresson Mine, and North Cresson Mine <br />as mine backfill or placed for storage in the existing Squaw Gulch Overburden Storage <br />Area ("SGOSA"), a new lob called the SGOSA Extension, or in the proposed new East <br />Cresson Overburden Storage Area ("ECOSA"). The Coblentz geology building and the <br />existing crusher maintenance building will be demolished and these facilities will be <br />reconstructed to facilitate mining in the extension areas. The MLE will be implemented <br />within the approximate employment levels anticipated for Amendment No. 8 <br />(approximately 330 employees) and will be mined with a similar fleet of equipment and <br />at production rates as described in Amendment No. 8. This proposed MLE activity will <br />increase the anticipated mine life from 2012 to approximately 2016 and will include <br />increases in the anticipated processing and rinsing/reclamation timeframes. <br />There are no significant changes to the following facilities or elements approved for the <br />• Cresson Project under Amendment No. 8 and subsequent technical revisions: <br />¦ Post Mining Land Use <br />¦ Overall Reclamation Plan <br />¦ Explosives facilities <br />¦ Ironclad Maintenance facilities <br />¦ Employment <br />¦ Crushing facilities <br />¦ Adsorption, Desorption and Recovery ("ADR") Processing Facility <br />¦ Laboratory <br />¦ Overall mine drainage plan and storm water management plan <br />Air Quality Monitoring <br />¦ Surface Water Quality Monitoring. <br />The following project elements will change under the Cresson MLE: <br />¦ The categories of affected acreage within the permit boundary <br />• <br />Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company <br />Cresson Project Mine Life Extension <br />1-3