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Jerry Daub: <br />Yes. That's just the well field. We've partitioned 1 acre of area of disturbance for one well. <br />If we had six of those it could be 6 acres on the surface disturbance, but if you take in filler <br />configuration, I just doubled that. So, it's close to double, or 10 to 12 acres. I'm just trying <br />to give you a perspective of relative size of AmerAlia's operation versus both current and <br />planned operations out there in the basin. I just want to make sure everybody is clear about <br />that and we don't mix apples and oranges, so to speak. Not only the size of operation, but the <br />amount of production. American Soda is looking to produce 1.4 million tons per year. <br />AmerAlia is looking at 50,000 tons per year right now. If the proof of principle works and <br />the experimental nature of the project is successful, they will scale that up to a commercial <br />operation and it may go up to 75,000 or 150,000 tons per year. In addition to that, I think <br />White River Nahcolite produced about 80,000 or 90,000 tons last year, but they're permitted <br />for up to 125,000 tons a year, and their EIS is based on production rates up to 500,000 tpy. I <br />just want to make sure everybody has a clear understanding of that. <br />AmerAlia is thinking about the potential use of existing wells in the monitoring program. <br />There's USGS TH -75 -7A and 7B that exist on White River Nahcolite or the old IRI Lease. <br />They were drilled in 1975 by Frank Welder (USGS). They were part of a 25 test hole <br />program. They just used existing pads that someone else had already drilled, which in this <br />case was Dunn 20 -1, which was cleared in 1966. Within this little area here, which is <br />northeast of the proposed well field, there are three wells. There are two USGS wells and the <br />original Dunn 20 -1 well. We don't know the condition of any of those wells for sure right <br />now. We know that the TH -75 -7A is completed as an upper aquifer, A- Groove monitoring <br />well. USGS. TH -75-7B was a lower aquifer, B- Groove well, which is open below the <br />Mahogany Zone. <br />By the way, I sent around this stratigraphic column. It will help you get an idea of what <br />we're talking about. If you look at that, the mining operation is below the lower salt. It's <br />actually from about 2,000 ft down to about 2,500 to 2,600 ft. We are looking at single <br />vertical well cavities in the Saline Zone, which is completely dry. That will give you a <br />reference point. <br />Getting back to these wells and how they were completed. Please look at the <br />hydrostratigraphic section in Figure 1. TH -75 -7A was completed basically from the A- <br />Groove up into the R8 Zone. The other wells were from the B- Groove down. We think they <br />are open to large stratigraphic sections as opposed to a discreet horizon. These are two <br />potential wells that could be used. The Dunn 20 -1 is probably plugged back. We think that <br />at least the Saline Zone has been cemented and, per reports, plugging gel used to plug that <br />well off in the upper aquifers. <br />In the area of the well field, which is in the area of RS- 96 -20 -1 on our map. You may have a <br />map that says "RC" but it should be "RS." You can assume that RS- 96 -20 -1 is pretty close to <br />the center of the well field. That was drilled in 1996 by AmerAlia to confirm resources and <br />to gain hydrostratigraphic data. <br />2 <br />