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EXHIBIT A - Legal Description The pit area is being expanded from 3.0 acres to approximately 9.9 acres in the dry creek bed of Bonny Creek running through the SE 1/4 of Section 2, T6S, R43W of the 6th P.M., Kit Carson County, Colorado. Boundary markers (old tires buried half in the ground) will be set to mark the pit areas as shown on the map. EXHIBIT B - Site Description a) Vegetation - Portions of the pit lying outside Bonny Creek are currently in grasses and sagebrush. The soil survey indicates that rangeland in Kit Carson typically supports western wheatgrass, green needlegrass, and buff dograss. Rangeland could also contain species such as prairie sandreed, sand bluestem, switchgrass, needleandthread, and sideoats grama. Some grasses and weeds exist along the dry creek bed banks. The creek bed itself is periodically swept with runoff after rainfalls. Little vegetation occurs within the creek bed itself. Soil Information - The Natural Resource Conservation Service soil maps show the soil as being Glenberg-occasionally flooded-Bankard which primarily occupies intermittent drainage ways. The soils consist of sandy loam with the subsoil containing sand and some gravel. It has a rapid intake of water when rainfall or flooding occurs. b) Permanent man-made structures There are no man-made structures within 200 feet of the affected area. c) Water resources The excavation will occur outside the creek area and in the normally dry creek that does run when there is heavy rain in the area. Aside from rainfall runoff, the excavation should not encounter any water during mining. The only water that affects the site would be runoff from heavy rainfall. Rainfall in the area averages about 15 inches per year. The site will generally not be impacted by water. The water table in the area is substantially below the surface, in most cases at least 50 feet deep.