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EXHIBIT 7 <br />CAM - COLORADO, LLC <br />Proposed Unit Train Loadout Area <br />Soils Resource Information (Baseline Soil Survey) <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION <br />CAM - Colorado, LLC (CAM) plans to develop a Unit Train Loadout Facility and Loop Track <br />northwest of Fruita, Colorado. The Project Study Area is approximately 103 acres in size <br />and coincides with the project property boundary as depicted on the project base map <br />(Figure 1). The project area includes a proposed unit train loop track and loadout facility, <br />and is located immediately south of US Highway 6/50 approximately three to three and <br />one -half miles northwest of Fruita. Interstate 70 and the Colorado River are located <br />about one -half mile to the south- southwest. The project area is in Mesa County and <br />includes portions of Sections 2, 3, 10 and 11 (Township 1 North, Range 3 West, Mack <br />Quadrangle). The permit application package includes the complete legal descriptions of <br />project area lands. <br />The project area is located on a gently sloping, highly saline - alkaline alluvial plain with <br />fine -silty soil and dominant greasewood vegetation, and is bisected by the northeast to <br />southwest trending Reed Wash. A small portion of Loma Drain is also present in the <br />northwest part of the project area. The eastern and southeastern parts of the project area <br />contains constructed "land farms" of previously applied waste products from the former, <br />now closed, Gary Energy - Western Slope Refining Company. <br />The purpose of this study is to document the baseline soils on the project study area. The <br />identification and proper management of the topsoil resources in the study area is <br />essential for the success of reclamation in the affected areas and the achievement of the <br />post - mining land use. The information presented in this report is designed to aid in the <br />formulation of a practical and successful reclamation plan. <br />2.0 METHODOLOGY <br />The soil resources of the project study area were investigated during May 2010 by Jim <br />Nyenhuis, Certified Professional Soil Scientist/Soil Classifier (ARCPACS 2743), with 30 <br />years experience conducting detailed soil surveys for mining projects in the Western <br />United States. The soils study was designed in accordance with the Colorado Division of <br />Reclamation Mining and Safety (DRMS) Rule 2.04.9 (Soils Resource Information) of the <br />Colorado Revised Rules and Regulations (9114/05). Standard soil survey methods were <br />used throughout the soils resource assessment. Soils mapping, description, classification, <br />and sampling were conducted in accordance with the standards and procedures of the <br />1 Exhibit 7 — 2010 Train Loadout Soil Survey <br />