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Response to Preliminary County Comments Received on March 17, 2011 <br />Secondary Preliminary Adequacy Issue #19 <br />Attachment T-5, Surface Water Sampling Results. The Applicant should make the following <br />revisions to the surface water sampling and monitoring plan: <br />1 - Add to dissolved analyte list: Aluminum, Iron <br />2 - Add to total recoverable analyte list: <br />A - Molybdenum <br />B - Cyanide (the WQCC regulations are in terms of free cyanide, but the operator may <br />analyze for WAD cyanide if they choose.) <br />C - Total organic carbon <br />3 - Switch from dissolved to total recoverable: Barium, Beryllium, Boron <br />Response #19 <br />The requested analvtes will be added to the surface and to any future groundwater <br />monitoring plan. The analvtes will be added to the fifth sampling event which will occur in <br />May 2011. <br />Secondary PreliminM Adequacy Issue #20 <br />A. Attachment T-7, Mine Rock Geochemical Analysis. Please comment on the <br />representativeness of the rock subjected to SPLP testing, i.e., the location(s) from within <br />the mine the rock was collected. <br />B. The ANP: AGP ratio is only 1.14 to 1, and represents only one sample. Considering that <br />this ratio does not provide an overwhelming proportion of acid-neutralizing material, in <br />conjunction with the fact that date from only one sample have been provided, the <br />Division requires more comprehensive static testing of material that could ultimately be <br />disturbed, exposed, and/or stockpiled. This will begin the establishment of a data set and <br />screening parameters for possible future kinetic testing. Please provide a plan for more <br />comprehensive sampling and static testing, to be implemented subsequent to the issuance <br />of CN-O1. <br />Response #20 <br />The mine rock geochemical sampling plan and protocols are presented in Wildcat Mining's <br />September 29, 2010 permit application(Attachment T-7). The sample was obtained from of <br />mine rock from the May Day No. 1 stope. The SPLP test was conducted on May Day No. 1 <br />ore that is currently stockpiled on the bench. Additional SPLP and static tests will be <br />conducted on representative materials as they are collected in the future. Currently tests <br />are slated to be performed every 5000 tons of run of mine rock until representative whole <br />rock chemistry is quantified and approval from DRMS is obtained to terminate the <br />sampling program. <br />Revised <br />4/14/2011 <br />33