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April 19, 2011 Page 1 of 1 <br />New Elk Coal Company <br />122 West First St. <br />Trinidad, CO 81082 <br />USA <br />Analysis Report <br />Client Sample ID: Paw -2 Date Sampled : 04/07/2011 <br />Date Received: 04/08/2011 Project Namel# : New Elk Mine <br />Matrix: Ground Water Sample Taken By : Renee Steele <br />Sample Type : Grab <br />Time Sampled : 1330 <br />SGS Minerals Sample ID: 072 - 52183 -002 <br />REPORTING ANALYZED <br />TESTS RESULT METHOD LIMIT DATE / TIME ANALYST <br />Alkalinity, Bicarbonate 380 mg /L HCO3 SM2320 B 1 04/14/2011 0800 TG <br />Alkalinity, Carbonate <1 mg/L CO3 SM2320 B 1 04/14/2011 0800 TG <br />Chloride, Total 5 mg /L EPA300.0 1 04/08/2011 1400 ST <br />Hardness, Calculated Total 280 mg /L CaCO3 Calc 1 <br />Manganese, Dissolved 1.2 mg/L EPA200.7 0.005 04/18/2011 1222 EH <br />Calcium, Total 86 mg/L EPA200.7 0.01 04/12/2011 0921 EH <br />Magnesium, Total 16 mg/L EPA200.7 0.01 04/12/2011 0921 EH <br />Manganese, Total 1.3 mg /L EPA200.7 0.005 04/12/2011 0921 EH <br />Potassium, Total 2.2 mg/L EPA200.7 0.05 04/12/2011 0921 EH <br />Sodium, Total 45 mg/L EPA200.7 0.05 04/12/2011 0921 EH <br />Sodium Absorption Ratio 1.2 Calc 0.01 <br />Solids, Total Dissolved 400 mg/L SM2540 C 5 04/11/2011 1530 AM <br />Sulfate 130 mg /L EPA300.0 5 04/08/2011 1400 ST <br />Method Reference(s): <br />"Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater ", 18th Edition, 1992; APHA- AWWA -WEF <br />"Methods for the Determination of Metals in Environmental Samples ", EPA/600 /4- 91/010, June 1991 <br />"Methods for the Determination of Inorganic Substances in Environmental Samples ", EPA/600 /R- 931100 <br />Somer Rodriguez, Denver Laboratory <br />I <br />SGS North America Inc. Minerals Services Division <br />4868 Paris St Suite B -200 Denver CO 80239 5 (303) 373 -4772 (1303) 373 -4791 www.sgs.cam/minerais <br />Member of SGS Group <br />This document Is issued by the Company under its General Conditions of Service accessible at http:l /www.sgs.comlterms and_conditions.htm Attention Is <br />drawn to the limitation of liability, indemnification and jurisdiction Issues defined therm. <br />Any holder of this document Is advised that information contained hereon reflects the Company's findings at the time of its Intervention only and within the limits <br />of Client's instructions, If any. The Company's sole responsibility is to its client and this document does not exonerate parties to a transaction from exercising all <br />their rights and obligations under the transaction documents, Any unauthorized alteration, forgery or falsification of the content or appearance of this document <br />is unlawful and offenders may be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. <br />