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PB-3-4 The only water that I know of that has been pumped to the Who Do Mine was in <br />the 1980's by Mark Steen. Unaware of the regulatory compliance of the issue, I <br />helped him with this as well as the discharging of mine water. These issues <br />were addressed during the contentious 1990's operations. Some of these <br />hoses/pipes are still there and are the hoses I alluded to above in 3-3. MRV will <br />continue, as it has for several years now, to clean up this type of debris on the <br />hillside. <br />To the best of my knowledge Mount Royale Ventures, LLC has not pumped <br />water to the Who Do Mine. <br />The Cash Mine has historically needed to be pumped periodically to maintain a <br />water level below the 3`d level shaft station. This season has been inordinately <br />wet and I personally pumped the water to the mill pond for evaporation in July <br />2009, as described above, further testing the recharge rate for the underground <br />inflow. It is also conceivable that water could drain from the portal if it were <br />allowed to rise five (5) or more feet about the 3`d level shaft station. It is <br />MRV's understanding that this is precisely why the bonding and reclamation <br />plan for the permit requires a hydraulic seal. <br />PB-3-5 The culvert which protrudes from the Who Do collar level dump has been there <br />for as long as I can remember and in very wet springs often drains as seen <br />• recently. MRV understands, without any assistance from Steen or excavation to <br />determine otherwise, that the culvert drains storm water from behind the Who <br />Do shaft and the dump area at the shaft collar. If Steen has knowledge <br />otherwise, this would be news to MRV and would be a direct contradiction to <br />his obligation to disclose such information under the JV contract (see above). <br />•