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June 19, 2012 C- 1996- 084 /Lorencito Canyon Mine JHB <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y= Inspected N =Not Inspected R= Comments Noted V =Violation Issued NA Applicable <br />N - Air Resource Protection <br />N -Availability of Records <br />Y - Backfill & Grading <br />R - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />Y - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />R - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br />R -Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />R - Revegetation <br />NA - Subsidence <br />R - Slides and Other Damage <br />NA - Support Facilities On -site <br />Y -Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />R - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a partial inspection conducted by Janet Bums of CDRMS. Mr. Bobby Steele accompanied the <br />inspection. The mine site is dry. Temperatures were warm and windy. <br />EXCESS SPOIL and DEVELOPMENT WASTE — Rule 4.09 Placement; Drainage Control; Surface <br />Stabilization: <br />No problems were identified with any of the three excess spoil fills on site: Fill 7, Fill 8, and Fill 9. <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE -Rule 4.05 Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, <br />4.05.6, Discharge Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10;4; Ground Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring <br />4.05.13; Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9 ;: <br />Ponds 6, 8, 9 and 9A were all dry. Ditches remain in fair condition. NECC is in the process of bidding out <br />maintenance work for ditch clean out, road maintenance (assuring adequate material remains over culverts), <br />culvert clean out and gully repair. The current structures are functional but reaching the maximum sediment <br />capacity, necessitating cleanout. <br />Pond 5 and pond 7 were not inspected. <br />NECC is determining if sediment cleanout of pond 7 and pond 5 in necessary using survey data and SEDCAD <br />modeling. <br />ROADS — Rule 4.03 Construction 4.03.1(3)/4.03.2(3) Drainage 4.03.1(4)/4.03.2(4) Surfacing and <br />Maintenance4.03.1(5) and (6)/4.03.2(5) and (6) Reclamation 4.03.1(7)/4.03.2(7): <br />The access roads throughout the site remain in fairly good condition. There are several locations needing <br />maintenance, ditch cleaning, road side repair from a vehicle slide off previously, and adequate cover over some of <br />the culverts. This work is planned to be conducted by NECC this season. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 8 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 4 <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />