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Ifo <br /> 01601 <br /> LKA Gold Incorporated <br /> 2023 3724 47' Street Ct <br /> Gig Harbor, WA 98335 <br /> (253) 514-6661 <br /> Plow" www.lkagold.com <br /> July 5, 2023 <br /> Lucas West <br /> Environmental Protection Specialist <br /> Minerals Program, DRMS <br /> 1001 E 62nd Avenue, Room 215 <br /> Denver CO 80216 <br /> RE: Golden Wonder Mine— Permit: M-1 978-091-UG <br /> Site Monitoring Report— 2nd Quarter 2023 <br /> Mr. West, <br /> Overnight temperatures at the mine site were unusually low until mid-June this year. After a <br /> couple of verbal reports from Landon Whinnery in May and early June (Landon treated water <br /> for us in 2022 but I became convinced that he could not reliably commit to another season) I <br /> asked a former Hinsdale County supervisor, George Hurd, to go up to the site to assess and <br /> report conditions. Hurd did this on 6/23/23. <br /> As you can see from the attached site pics, both ponds were near capacity but we noticed no <br /> signs of overflow. Without a reliable replacement for Whinnery, I immediately made <br /> arrangements for my wife and myself to travel to Lake City and begin water treatment <br /> personally. We arrived on site the morning of the 25th and spent two days repairing water lines <br /> and equipment. Repair is a normal part of the process for the first treatment of the season. <br /> We filled, and treated, the first 5,000 gallon tank on Monday the 26th from the mine water pond <br /> and allowed it to settle overnight. The next day the pH was re-checked, a sample was taken, <br /> and it was discharged. Not knowing anybody we could hire on short notice to complete the <br /> process at the rate of 5,000 gallons per day, I decided to treat both ponds separately without <br /> using the main treatment tank. Knowing the close-approximate volume of each pond based on <br /> our completed construction design, and the required dose of reagents (per gallon), I was <br /> confident this could be done effectively and was our best option to ensure that we could drain, <br /> or nearly drain, both ponds and buy sufficient time to find another qualified person to treat <br /> water. <br /> By Thursday the 29th both ponds had been treated with soda ash, Nalmet, and T-Floc, <br /> thoroughly mixed with pumps for several hours, and left to settle overnight. On Friday we <br /> confirmed that the pH level of both ponds were significantly above the minimum requirement (I <br /> actually intended to overshoot on the pH to the high side to account for any sludge that may <br />