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Exhibit C <br />Mining Plan <br />Mineral Joe Mine Permit Amendment <br />M- 1977 -284 <br />The mining method that has been used and is planned for the Mineral Joe mine is random <br />room and pillar mining following development to areas of ore potential. Ore production <br />has ranged from 50 to 100 tons per day. No changes to the production rates are <br />anticipated. Waste material produced as a result of the production and development <br />activities has ranged from 50 to 350 tons per day. It is anticipated that these rates will <br />continue, although as stopes become mined out, as much waste material as possible will <br />be gobbed in the mined out stopes. <br />Water diversions and impoundments will be covered in the attached Environmental <br />Protection Plan. <br />Considering that the Mineral Joe property has not been fully explored, and that economic <br />factors may affect the quantity of material mined from the underground workings, the <br />timetables for the various phases are rough estimates. The use of the mine waste area is <br />anticipated to last for approximately six years of production and development activities. <br />The surface area where the mine waste is currently being stored is approximately 3.3 <br />acres on portions of the Mineral Joe 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 claims. This area will <br />continue to be used for mine waste storage. <br />It is anticipated that portions of the mine waste area will have reclamation started <br />following six years of production and development activities. Once the ore storage pad <br />and personnel access to the mine is no longer required, building demolition and final re- <br />contouring and seeding will be done. This is anticipated to take less than 12 months. <br />When the upper mine waste area is no longer required, demolition, re- contouring and <br />seeding will be done in this area. This is anticipated to take less than 12 months to <br />complete. The vent hole and escapeway will be closed and the areas seeded within a few <br />months after they are no longer required. <br />The main ore deposit is located in the Salt Wash Member of the Morrison Formation, <br />which consists of interbedded fine - grained sandstone and mudstone. The uranium and <br />vanadium mineralization occurs in bands that range in thickness from a few inches to <br />more than six feet. The average ore thickness is from 2.5 to 3.5 feet. The ore body is <br />located from 500 to 700 feet below the top of Monogram Mesa. <br />Uranium and/or Vanadium mineralized rock are the primary products that will be mined <br />at the Mineral Joe mine At this point in time there are no other expected incidental <br />products that will be produced at this mine. <br />Explosives have been used at this mine to advance mine workings, and are a planned part <br />of the ongoing mining process. <br />C -1 <br />