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Section 7.0 Operation Schedule <br />The following operation parameters are forecast: <br />- 6 -8 month per year operation (approx. 200 days per year) weather permitting <br />- active operation will be maximum 6 days per week, 12 hours per day <br />- move approximately 2000 cy of overburden per day <br />- process approximately 1000 to 2000 cy per day of gold bearing gravel through the gold processing <br />plant <br />- a rock grizzly may be located in the active pit to avoid transporting large rock to the processing <br />plant <br />- strip an average of 6" of topsoil on virgin areas and either directly respread on previously mined <br />and regraded areas or place in a stockpile for use in reclamation. <br />It is expected that the swell of the virgin gravel material when mined will be 20 %, however, since <br />some material will then be sold as road base and other construction material, the net gain/loss in min- <br />ing virgin areas is more or less zero. <br />Approximately 21,000 cy of gold bearing gravel will be processed in the plant every 45 days which <br />is equivalent to 86,000 cy per year. This is equivalent to 129,000 tons per year. This amount less 6% <br />for fines loss, is the amount available for the gravel operation per year = 120,000 tons per year. It is <br />anticipated that gravel sales will be far less than this amount, which is dependent upon demand in the <br />local area. All material that cannot be reasonably sold will be backfilled in the mining operation. <br />At any one time, three to four cuts will be active. The one in advance of the active cut will be <br />stripped of topsoil and will also have overburden removal activity. The active pit will have overbur- <br />den removal and gold bearing gravel mining. The cut behind the active pit will have overburden <br />placement, regrading and topsoil placement. Reclamation plan details are described in Exhibit E. <br />Mining Area 1: 4.47 acres <br />Mining Area 2: 5.28 acres <br />Mining Area 3: 6.71 acres <br />Total Mining Area: 16.46 acres <br />Average depth = 100 feet. Total volume to be moved is 2.65 million cy. <br />Gloria Z Mine 2013 Amendment 16 <br />