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At both VLFs the pipes, pumps and other structures will be removed from the underdrain <br />collection systems. The concrete pumpback vault side walls and bottom will be broken <br />up, followed by burial onsite with surrounding fill material. Ponds will be filled in with <br />material and re- contoured. The entire area will then be graded to blend with the <br />surrounding topography, followed by reclamation of the sites. <br />The slopes of the VLFs will be recontoured to an overall slope of approximately <br />2.5H:1 V. Portions of the benches created during operations will be retained, as <br />appropriate, for geotechnical and erosional stability. The topography shown on Drawing <br />F -1 and the financial warranty calculations presented in Section 13.0 of this Project <br />Description have been developed based on an overall 2.5H:1 V slope criterion. <br />Growth medium will be applied to a depth of approximately six inches over the regraded <br />VLF surfaces and associated disturbances. After placement, the growth medium will be <br />amended as needed, and seeded pursuant to the procedures previously presented in <br />Section 12.3. <br />Closure and reclamation processes at each VLF (AGVLF and SGVLF), including <br />neutralization (approximately six years), physical reclamation (approximately two years) <br />monitoring (approximately two additional years), are scheduled to take up to ten years <br />after final leaching of ore has been completed at each facility. Regrading, soil placement <br />and reclamation are expected to occur during the last two years while monitoring is <br />ongoing for an approximate two years. <br />12.4.4 External Solution Storage Pond (ESP) <br />Reclamation of the ESP remains unchanged from that approved in MLE. The ESP likely <br />will be used to facilitate final rinsing of the AGVLF. Solution contained in the ESP at <br />the conclusion of AGVLF rinsing will be spray evaporated or treated with H2O2 and <br />applied to the AGVLF. Any sludge that may remain in the bottom of the ESP will be <br />removed, tested and appropriately disposed, most likely by hauling to and placing on the <br />AGVLF. The ESP liner will be folded into the bottom of the pond and the impoundment <br />area filled with material. Facilities demolition debris may be placed in the pond bottom <br />prior to filling with material. The filled ESP area will be graded, soil will be placed and <br />the area will be reclaimed. <br />Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company <br />Cresson Project Mine Life Extension 2 <br />12 -16 <br />