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2.05.2 - OPERATION PLAN - ESTIMATED AREA FOR LIFE OF MINE <br />OPERATIONS <br />PRODUCTION METHODS AND EQUIPMENT <br />The King I Mine was an underground coal mining operation employing room and <br />pillar design and techniques for extraction of the coal resource from the upper <br />Menefee seam. <br />The engineering and design of the mine required that coal reserves be divided into <br />sections or panels convenient for extraction and in alignment with the mains to <br />facilitate access and extraction. Rooms (larger open areas from which coal is <br />extracted) were developed. Coal pillars were left at the periphery of the rooms to <br />support the main roof. The size, location, and number of rooms and pillars were <br />determined by the physical characteristics (thickness, load bearing capability, <br />presence of non -coal inclusions) of the coal in a given location of the mine. With the <br />completion of a given panel or section (when all minable coal has been extracted), <br />the remaining pillars were mined as the operation retreated from the panel. In this <br />way, the recovery of the coal was maximized. The maximum annual production of <br />coal was 488,327 tons in 2006. The mine produced coal from 1941 to 2009. The <br />actual tonnage produced over the life of mine cannot be reported due to incomplete <br />records from early mining years. <br />The coal was mined using up to two continuous mining units (sections). These <br />sections consisted of one or two continuous miners, 2 -4 shuttle cars, one or two <br />dual boom roof drills (bolter machines), a feeder /breaker belt feeder, and a 4160- <br />950/480 volt power center. After coal was cut from the face by the continuous <br />miner, it was loaded into the shuttle cars for transporting to the conveyor belt and <br />removal from the mine. <br />OPERATION DESCRIPTION <br />The King I Mine affected the majority of land during the construction of surface <br />facilities and mine access development in the 1940s. During the 1970's and early <br />1980's, small additional land disturbances took place for construction of the <br />sediment control system, additional mine facilities and the underground <br />development waste pile. The land affected by the construction of mine surface <br />facilities and mine access is specifically described in Sections 2.04.3 (Site <br />Description and Land Use), 2.04.9 (Soils), 2.04. 10 (Vegetation) and 2.04. 11 (Fish <br />and Wildlife Resources) of the King I Mine permit document. <br />All areas of surface disturbance for the King I Mine were incorporated into the <br />permit document. GCC Energy does not anticipate obtaining a new, separate five - <br />year permit for any areas other than those depicted and described in the King I <br />permit at this time, nor are changes in operations or facilities anticipated at this <br />time. <br />GCC Energy, LLC <br />Section 2.05.2 <br />Page 1 <br />King I Mine <br />November. 2009 <br />