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Exhibit D- Mining Plan <br />(A) Mining methods related to surface disturbance. <br />(B) Mining is performed utilizing excavators, dozers and wheel loaders. This pit is a wall and bench <br />design by mining with excavators and pushing over face with dozer to loader. Pit floor is process <br />site using jaw, crusher, cone crusher and screening. <br />(C) Mine face drainage is directed to pit floor to impoundment area shown on mine plan map. <br />(D) Due to the topography at this site, approximately 20 acres should be maximum disturbance at <br />any on a time. <br />(E) (1) As we do not produce a lot of annual tonnage from this site, it will take numerous years to <br />achieve completion on a number of the areas. First phase will be to mine the S.E. and S. walls. <br />This could very well take 7 to 10 years. The second phase would be to progress to the north. <br />This being the area of the slope failure we will be extending the top of cut a considerable <br />distance as shown on map. Our intent is to do a design on the north pit wall to construct no <br />more than a 2:1 final slope for stability. This mining phase could easily take 10 years as you will <br />note on the map we have extended permit area beyond this catch point in order to mine in to <br />the north in the third phase. <br />(a)First phase- Southeast and south walls will likely be 7 -10 years. <br />(b)Second phase -North pit wall approximately 10 years. <br />(c )Third phase -As shown on map will be 15 years plus. <br />(II)(a) First phase- Southeast and south walls approximately 3 acres. <br />(b) Second phase- North wall will be approximately 15 acres. <br />(c) Third phase- North wall extension will be approximately 15 acres. <br />(III) The first phase is constructed to a 5:1 slope. This area will have schist type material placed <br />on benches only for re- growth. As the east wall extends north, material will be placed on <br />benches upon completion. The east wall will also transform to a 2:1 slope as it extends north as <br />shown on map. Third phase will follow with final north pit wall constructed last. <br />(F) (1) Depth and thickness shown on map. Schist type material when encountered will be placed <br />on constructed benches. <br />(G) Primary commodities are as follows: architectural exposed aggregates, landscape stone and <br />aquarium stone. Secondary commodities are a minor amount of road gravel. <br />(H) Incidental products will be landscape boulders and road gravel. <br />(1) No explosives used at this site. <br />7 <br />