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Exhibit A -Special Stipulations 2001 Sales Contract United Companies BLM Pit #1 CO-130-02-SALE-Ol (Serial # COC065721) • ~II ~I~~II~III~~I II~ sss DRAFT 11-13-O1 (* denotes changes from 9-19-O1) 1. Commencement of operations under this contract is considered acceptance of all special stipulations. 2. The mining and reclamation plan covers the gravel deposits contained on the ridgetop site. Because extraction of the gravel deposit will require multiple sales contracts, the plan is approved subject to the approval of additional sales contracts. The operator shall conduct operations as per the submitted mining and reclamation plan, except as modified herein. Any modifications to the plan shall be approved in advance by BLM. The muting and reclamation plan will be reviewed prior to each sales contract to ensure that the plan is still current. 3. The contract expiration date is December 31, 2003. Any request for extension in time must be submitted in accordance with sec_ 13 of dris contract. * 4. The initial sales contract is for 100,000 tons. The operator shall pay the first installment, which is equal to 10 percent of the total purchase price, prior to or at the time the contract is awarded. Subsequent installments shall be paid in an amount equal to the value of the mineral material to be removed, prior to removal of the material from the site. The operator shall comply with all payment requirements specified in BLM regulation 43 CFR 3610.1. -3. 5. The royalty rate for the initial sales contract is 40 cents per ton. Mineral material will be reappraised using the consumer price index or updated gravel sales data, and the contract unit price adjusted accordingly at 2 yeaz intervals (from February 2001). * 6. The operator shall submit to BLM a montlily and quarterly production report providing documentation of gravel production. The report shall include tonnage figures from the crusher belt scales for each product, and also weigh tickets from the certified truck scales (located on the haul road) for each truckload leaving the site. Annual volumetric calculations from surveys of process material stockpiles shall also be reported: 7. No mining can commence until a reclamation bond is in place. The required bond for BLM shall be either the proposed $17,955 or the amount determined to be adequate by the Division of Minerals and Geology, whichever amount is higher. The adequacy of the bond will be periodically reviewed by BLM, and die bond amount shall be adjusted if necessary. The bond may be a bond of corporate surety shown on the approved list of the U.S. Treasury Department, cash or negotiable securities of the United States. 8. If the site becomes used on an intermirtent basis such that additional sales contracts are not made, the disturbed areas shall be reclaimed at BLM's discretion. 558-d 500/Z00'd 152-1 -word wd64:5n innz-ei-nou