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amec <br />Earth & Environmental <br />After inspection of the LOB Delivery Road Side Ditch, AMEC representatives designated <br />areas were rip-rap placement was necessary. Rip-rap was placed between stations 4+00 (+/-) <br />and 6+50 (+/-) and between stations 7+50 (+/-) to 9+75 (+/-), using a CAT 345 excavator and <br />40-ton articulation haul trucks. <br />The LOB Delivery Road construction was completed on 6/13/2009. <br />2) LOB Conveyor Corridor/Transfer Station <br />Fill placement at Conveyor Corridor #3 and #4 was completed using 40-ton haul trucks to <br />dump the structural fill material in the corridors. The material was loaded into the haul trucks <br />using a CAT 966 front-end loader, north east of the Arequa process. The structural fill material <br />was spread in 12" to 18" compacted lifts using a CAT D-8 dozer. The material was then <br />moisture conditioned and compacted using a CAT 563 vibratory smooth drum compactor, <br />passing over the entire surface at least 4 times. <br />The LOB Conveyor Corridor construction (Ames' portion) was completed 6/13/2009. <br />II) Underground Working <br />A) Drilling <br />Work is complete. <br />B) Mine Shaft/Stope Remediation <br />Excavation of the stope between Underground Workings #2015 and #2016 was completed. The <br />blasted area was excavated to an approximate depth of 40 feet using a CAT 345 excavator. It was <br />decided to backfill the stope with Coarse Shaft Backfill from that point, to the LOB Delivery road <br />surface. Backfilling of the stope was completed using twelve 40-ton articulating haul truck loads <br />of Coarse Shaft Backfill. The material was placed in 12" lifts in the stope and bucket tamped using <br />a CAT 345 excavator. A CAT 563 vibratory smooth drum compactor was used to compact each <br />lift when access was possible. <br />Remediation of Underground Working #2040 was completed. The working was located when <br />excavation of Conveyor Corridor #3 was completed. A two layer geogrid cap was installed over <br />the working, extending 15 feet past the limits of the working. Select structural fill material was <br />placed in 6" compacted lifts above and below the geogrid using a CAT 345 excavator and <br />compaction was performed using a CAT 563 vibratory smooth drum compactor. The second <br />geogrid layer was placed running perpendicular to the previous layer. A 12" compacted lift of <br />select structural fill was then placed over the second layer of geogrid and compacted using a CAT <br />563 vibratory smooth drum compactor. Four nuclear density tests were performed with results <br />averaging 96% of maximum dry density. Moisture-density relations were performed in accordance <br />with ASTM D-698-07. <br />Remediation of Underground Workings for the LOB Project is complete. <br />Sheet 2 of 8 <br />LOB Weekly Report WE 06.13.09.D.doc