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Exhibit C <br />Mining Plan <br />JD -6 Mine Permit Amendment <br />M- 1977 -310 <br />The mining method that has been used and is planned for the JD -6 mine is random room <br />and pillar mining following development to areas of ore potential. Ore production has <br />ranged from 50 to 100 tons per day. No changes to the production rates are anticipated. <br />Waste material produced as a result of the production and development activities has <br />ranged from 50 to 350 tons per day. It is anticipated that these rates will continue, <br />although as stopes become mined out, as much waste material as possible will be gobbed <br />in the mined out stopes. <br />Water diversions and impoundments will be covered in the attached Environmental <br />Protection Plan. <br />Considering that the JD -6 property has not been fully explored, and that economic factors <br />may affect the quantity of material mined from the underground workings, the timetables <br />for the various phases are rough estimates. The use of the mine waste area is anticipated <br />to last for approximately six years of production and development activities. The surface <br />area where the mine waste is currently being stored is approximately 4.68 acres on <br />portions of the Mineral Joe 17, 18, and 19 claims. This area will continue to be used for <br />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 holes will be closed and the areas seeded within a few months after <br />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 JD -6 mine. At this point in time there are no other expected incidental products <br />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 />