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THE INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE DOES NOT NEED TO BE HELL CONFIDENTIAL <br />Exhibit C - AMSO, LLC Notice of Intent Supplemental Information <br />American Shale OR, LLC 0 <br />Oil Shale Research, Development and Demonstration Project <br />Supplemental Information fix Notice of Intent to Conduct Prospecting Operations for <br />Hard Rock /Metal Mines <br />Section III PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br />5. Describe proposed surface excavations or other land disturbance, including roads, pits, <br />trenches, waste piles, drill pads and collar areas of underground workings, ponds, etc... <br />The following information is presented in accordance with the requirements set <br />forth in the NOI application Section III, 5. and the Surface Use ]Plan required by <br />BLM for the Application for Permit to Drill or Reenter. <br />Site Location and Background <br />The project site is located in southern Rio Blanco County, approximately 27 miles west- <br />northwest of the town of Rio Blanco, on a ridge between Ryan Gulch and Black Sulphur <br />Creek at elevations ranging from 6,795 to 6,965 feet above mean sea level (Exhibit A.1). <br />To access to the project site from the Town of Rifle, travel north on State Route 13 <br />approximately 19 miles to Rio Blanco County Road 5 (Piceance Creek Road). Turn left <br />on County Road 5 and continue west approximately 24 miles to Rio Blanco County Road <br />26 (Black Sulfur Creek Road). Turn left on County Road 26 and continue south <br />approximately 5 miles to Rio Blanco County Road 85. Turn right on County Road 85 <br />and continue west approximately 1.5 iniles to the intersection of County Road 85 and an <br />improved BLM road (BLM Road 1019). Turn right on BLM Road 1019 and continue <br />approximately 1/d mile to the project site boundary. The 160 acre lease comprises the <br />eastern half of the southwest qtamer of Section 21, and the western half of the southeast <br />quarter of Section 21, Township 2 North, Range 98 East, Sixth Principal Meridian. <br />The existing improved BLM Road 1019 diagonally crosses the project site, entering the <br />site from the southwest and extending through the northeast comer of the site. An <br />existing unimproved two-track road intersects the BLM road in the central portion of the <br />site and extends north, crossing the northern site boundary. Motorized vehicle travel <br />within the area in which the site is located is limited to existing roads. Existing roads are <br />primarily used by oil and gas operators, ranchers, hunters, and recreationists. <br />One existing drilling pad (referred to herein as "MWP-1") and an associated access road <br />is located immediately west of the BLM road in the southern portion of the site (Exhibit <br />A Figures A.2 and A.3). One existing monitoring well (Well ID 24-21-298-L3; referred <br />to herein as "MAT-1 L3") is present on the drill pad. The drill pad, access road, and well <br />were constructed by Shell Exploration & Production circa 2005. These features will be <br />transferred to American Shale Oil, LLC (AMSO) and will be used to support testing <br />operations.