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December 12,2012 C-2010-089/New Horizon North Mine MLT Inspection Topic Summary NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable R -Air Resource Protection Y - Roads R -Availability of Records NA - Reclamation Success NA - Backfill & Grading NA - Revegetation NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste NA - Subsidence NA - Explosives NA - Slides and Other Damage R - Fish & Wildlife NA - Support Facilities On-site R -Hydrologic Balance Y - Signs and Markers Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan Y - Support Facilities Not On-site R - Other NA - Special Categories Of Mining NA - Processing Waste R - Topsoil COMMENTS A complete inspection of the New Horizon North Mine was conducted by me,Marcia Talvitie, of the Division, on Wednesday, December 12, 2012. Skies were overcast, and the conditions were damp and cold. Ross Gubka was available to represent the operator, Western Fuels- Colorado, LLC. Durinig the inspection I was introduced to Trevor Ragsdale, the employee who is overseeing the site development activities at the southern end of the permit area. Construction of Pond NHN-001 has been completed, and topsoil salvage operations were getting under way for the first time since being halted on October 23rd. AIR RESOURCE PROTECTION—Rule 4.17: • The contractor, Bower Brothers Construction, had two water trucks on site. Mr. Bud Bower explained that watering of the traveled routes within the permit area had been initiated in the days prior to re-commencing of the topsoil salvage operations. The water tank has been removed from the permit area, due to the lack of available irrigation water, and erected near the elevated tank at the New Horizon Mine. AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS —Rule 5.02.4(1): • Mine records were available for inspection at the operator's New Horizon Mine office. A completed DRMS Availability of Records form is attached to this report. • Permitting documents are to be made available for public review at the Montrose County Courthouse Nucla Annex. I visited the Nucla Annex at 8:45 a.m. on December 12, and saw that the permit application package, a set of four 3-ring binders, was on the shelf in the public viewing area. Other items pertaining to permitting actions that are already complete and approved were collected by me and handed to the clerk for retrieval by Western Fuels. Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 6 Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 Page 2 of 12