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Z- September 2, 2010 ENERGY FUELS RESOURCES CORPORATION Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining & Safety 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Denver, CO 80203 CEIVED SEP 0 3 x'010 UNY Re: Annual Report for the Whirlwind Mine, Permit No. M-2007-044 To Whom It May Concern, This letter serves as the annual report for the Whirlwind Mine, DRMS Permit No. M- 2007-044. A check for the annual fee in the amount of $1,150.00 was sent to your office on August 25, 2010. Per Mary Rodriguez at DRMS, it is our understanding that this check has been received and credited to our account. Attached with this letter is the Annual Report Request Form and a map of the current site layout. The Whirlwind Mine is currently operating in intermittent status. This was established with the Substitute for Notice of Temporary Cessation, sent to your office on May 12, 2009 and approved with the June 5, 2009 letter issued by DRMS. The total disturbance at the Whirlwind Mine site stands at 12.03 acres, as reported in the previous annual report. No new surface disturbance has occurred at the Whirlwind Mine site since the last annual report sent to DRMS on September 8, 2009. During this period, maintenance activities, such as noxious weed management, stormwater control maintenance and reseeding, have been performed on the surface facilities. Mine water removal, treatment and discharge was suspended as of December 2009 and mine water is being allowed to accumulate in the mine workings. During the period of intermittent status, the mine has been maintained with periodic site visits. Vegetation has been well established on the periphery areas of the original surface disturbance areas, the fill and topsoil stockpiles, and the diversion ditches. Temporary vegetation is moderately established in the waste rock expansion area, although this area is not required to be vegetated at this time. Energy Fuels has remained diligent in meeting environmental compliance requirements set forth in various permits and approvals required for the mine. A list of the various permits and approvals and a brief summary of Energy Fuels' efforts to remain in compliance with them follows. Mesa County Conditional Use Permit Bi-annual weed surveys and pesticide application were performed at the mine and along 5110 Road and were reported to Mesa County and the BLM. Monthly monitoring and an annual precise survey of sediment pond posts (to detect ground subsidence) were performed. No subsidence was detected. A report summarizing the monitoring and survey was sent to Mesa County and copied to DRMS. Road maintenance was performed as needed. Energy Fuels, Inc. www.energyfue'ls.com 44 Union Blvd., Suite 600 Lakewood, Colorado 80228 Phone: 303-974-2140 Fax: 303-974-2141