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the mining boundary. These piles will constantly be shuffled around in order to make room for the <br />next mining phase. These piles will not be seeded unless Lafarge anticipates that they will be <br />undisturbed for more than 180 days. <br />Commodities to be Mined <br />The primary commodity to be mined will be aggregate. Lafarge will supply local, county, and state <br />governments, as well as private industry with aggregate from this facility. Some gold may be <br />discovered on site during the mining process. If gold is found, it will be used for commercial <br />purposes. <br />Offsets <br />The Cerise Mine permit boundary is outside of the Crystal Creek riparian corridor in order to <br />protect this sensitive area. In addition, the mining cells are adequately offset from all existing <br />manmade structures. See Exhibit S and the Stability Exhibit for specifics. The Basin Ditch, which <br />runs on the north side of the property is outside the permit boundary and will remain in place. <br />There are two ditch laterals currently used to irrigate the property; both laterals will be removed <br />when the property is mined. The lease agreement that Lafarge has with the property owner <br />addresses the right to mine through lateral ditches (please see lease agreements provided in Exhibit <br />N). <br />Roads and Conveyors <br />Gravel access roads will be constructed, as needed, within the permit boundary to meet the access <br />needs for each phase of mining. They will be constructed with 6" of native sand and gravel from <br />the floor of the mine. These gravel roads will be removed and reclaimed as mining and reclamation <br />is completed for each phase. These areas have been included in the permitted acreage. <br />Phase 1 will be mined using a truck and loader configuration. A haul road will be incorporated into <br />this initial phase so that trucks can bring the aggregate from the cell to an aggregate stockpile. <br />Conveyors will be used to transport the aggregate material during the mining process for the <br />remaining mining phases. Initially conveyors will transport material from the floor of Phase 2 to <br />the top of Phase 3, where the processing plant will be sitting. Once Phase 2 has been mined out, the <br />aggregate processing plant will be relocated to the bottom of Phase 2 and a conveyor will be utilized <br />to transport material from the mining face to a stockpile near the plant. Conveyors will continually <br />be adjusted and moved with each mining lift/phase. No conveyors will be placed outside of the <br />mining boundary. <br />Once the aggregate: processing plant has been relocated to the bottom of Phase 2 a road <br />accommodating over-the-road traffic will be opened along the southern edge of the pit to allow <br />access to the bottom of the pit. <br />All existing on-site; roads are shown on the Exhibit C, Pre-Mining Plan. Any existing gravel access <br />roads shared with ongoing oil and gas production or farming activities will remain in place once <br />mining and reclamation are complete. The roads will be maintained by the operator to provide <br />required access to the various activities on the property. Existing roads are typically 12' to 15' <br />wide, gravel access lanes. Some of the roads may be relocated to accommodate mining activities. <br />Cerise Mine <br />DRMS 112 Reclamation Permit Application <br />Page D3 of D5