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Baseline Technical <br />Report <br />ARCADIS <br />Report for Soils and <br />Biological Resources, <br />Cresson Mine Life Extension <br />Project Area <br />1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company (CC&V) is planning a Mine Life <br />Extension (MLE) to extend its Cresson Mine operations in the Cresson Project <br />(Project) in the Cripple Creek Mining District (District) in Teller County, Colorado. <br />Extension of the operations requires additional permitting by CC&V with the Colorado <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DRMS). This Baseline Technical Report <br />for Soils and Biological Resources (Technical Report) contains baseline data <br />collection, analysis and reporting in support of the MLE. <br />The extended mining operations will occur within a designated MILE Project Boundary, <br />which is comprised of approximately 700 acres surrounding the existing operations. <br />The lands within the MILE Project Boundary area are owned or controlled by CC&V. <br />Based on the most recent updates in 1999 and 2007 to soils and biological resources <br />studies, the overall vegetation and soils character has not changed, although certain <br />mining operations within the area have. In addition, the 2007 field visit confirmed that <br />suitable habitat exists for many of the species identified as inhabiting, or potentially <br />inhabiting, the area within the MILE Project Boundary. Generally, suitable habitat does <br />not exist, or is limited, for the federally listed threatened and endangered species <br />identified in this report. <br />• <br />CCV Final Technical Report (3-28-08).doc 1