2013-02-22_REVISION - M1984094 (7)

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INTRODUCTION The Gloria Z Mine site is located immediately northwest of the town of Fairplay in Park County and was initially mined for placer gold by many different methods dating back to the 1860's. Sluicing, hydraulicking, and other methods were employed over many decades. All of this old mining was done without any salvage of topsoil and without any regard to reclamation of the site. For decades, the site lay dormant. In 1984, Sanborn Sand and Gravel, Inc. obtained a 112c permit to mine and sell gravel from the site, utilizing many of the piles that were left by the old gold placer operation. Most of the disturbed area for this permit was already disturbed by pre -law gold placer operations. The permit number is M- 1984 -094. The total permit area was 30.47 acres. In 2004, an Amendment was approved to the permit and in 2005, the property was sold to Playfair Land CO. LLC. Of Louisiana. The permit was also transferred at that time to Sanborn Sand and Gravel dba Golden Cross Aggregate. As gold prices increased in 2009 -2011, gold mining was beginning to become the primary focus of the site activity, although gravel products will continue to be sold as demand allows. In November of 2012, A Technical Revision (TR -01) to the Permit was approved which allowed groundwater exposure in the mining area, addressed all planned mining activity and water rights issues. The bond was increased from $33,114 to $78,218. The Permit Amendment of 2013 was undertaken to expand the permit area for future gold mining activities and address water right needs as well as provide a more detailed reclamation plan based on a current survey map. The name of the mine permittee has not been changed and remains Sanborn Sand and Gravel dba/ Golden Cross Aggregate, who is leasing the land from Playfair Land Co. LLC. The name of the permittee may be shortened in this permit to GCA for Golden Cross Aggregate. Gloria Z Mine 2013 Amendment 1