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CC &V will also transplant an additional five (5) acres (approximately 400 mature stems <br />per acre) along visual and sound barriers that will be constructed prior to commencing <br />activities in the North Cresson Mine area to separate the Cresson Project development <br />from the Cripple Creek viewshed. These transplanting activities will be coordinated to <br />assist in wildlife movement corridors throughout the reclaimed slopes of the Cresson <br />Project. All transplanted "pads" of mature Aspen will be irrigated for two growing <br />seasons following transplanting to facilitate establishment of the trees. <br />As part of CC &V's approved reclamation plan for MLE, north facing slopes within the <br />North Cresson Mine area will be planted with about 400 stems per acre of one -year <br />Aspen seedlings the North Cresson Mine area of the Cresson Project. <br />12.4.2 Overburden Storage Areas <br />There are two OSAs to be reclaimed under MLE2: (1) the SGOSA, which will blend with <br />the backfilled Schist Island portion of the North Cresson Mine area and (2) the ECOSA, <br />which will blend with the backfilled Wildhorse and Altman portions of the East Cresson <br />Mine area (see Drawing F -1). Backfilling is planned in the Schist Island and Globe Hill <br />portions of the North Cresson Mine area, the East Cresson Mine area, and portions of <br />Main Cresson Mine area, as shown conceptually on Drawing C -5. The amount of <br />backfilling is dependent on potentially changing conditions such as project economics <br />and may vary from that shown on Drawing C -5. Reclamation of each of the OSAs and <br />backfilled portions of the mine areas is addressed separately below. <br />It continues to be CC &V's objective to perform concurrent reclamation of portions of <br />these areas at the Cresson Project while other portions remain active in development and, <br />thus, to achieve partial reclamation prior to completion of Cresson Project. However, the <br />schedule used to develop the financial warranty for MLE2, as presented in Section 13.0, <br />does not reflect concurrent reclamation activities in order to provide a comprehensive and <br />conservative estimate of the costs required for final closure of the Cresson Project. <br />SGOSA <br />The SGOSA will continue to be reclaimed on a concurrent basis where possible during <br />development of MLE2. Overburden will continue to be added to the existing SGOSA <br />until it reaches the maximum extent and design height for that facility. Under the <br />approved MLE, portions of the SGOSA are to be relocated in order to allow mining of <br />the North Cresson Mine area. MLE primarily affected the reclaimed lower lifts in the <br />Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company <br />Cresson Project Mine Life Extension 2 <br />12 -10 <br />