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BATTLE MOUNTAIN RESOURCES, INC. <br />November 7. 2002 <br />Mr. Jim Dillie <br />State of Colorado <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: Battle Mountain Resources Inc_/ <br />San Luis Project <br />CMLRB Permit No. M-88-I 12 <br />October 2002 Monthly Report <br />Dear Mr. Dillie: <br />RECEIVED <br />/ NOV 13 2002 l <br />L Division of Minerals and Geology <br />The following summarizes monitoring and site activities at the Battle Mountain <br />Resources Inc., San Luis Project for the month of October 2002. <br />Surface and ground water monitoring and analysis were completed For all required sites <br />during the month. All surface water stations were inspected and recorded weekly as per <br />the terms and conditions of the permit. These inspections and recordings identified <br />readings at RS-1, RS-2, RS-3 and RS-5 of zero (0) inches and RS-4 and RS-6 were dry. <br />The monthly precipitation accumulation for October was 0.135 inches. <br />Vacuum on the tailing lysimeters was verified on October 31~`, no water was present for <br />sampling and subsequent analysis. <br />Depths to water were collected for the tailing impoundment main embankment and West <br />Pit piezometers/monitoring wells on October 31~. The October 31~` tailing impoundment <br />piezometer measurements identified these installations were either dry or contained less <br />than 12 inches of water. Table 1 below identifies the depth to water measurements <br />collected for each of the site monitoring wells, piezometers and lysimeters. <br />The tailing impoundment collection pond underdrain flow was measured three times <br />during the month and the leak detection system was measured on October 31s`. The <br />collection pond underdrain flow average was 48.09 gpm and a total of 720 gallons of <br />water was evacuated from the leak detection system yielding a monthly average of 23.23 <br />gpad. <br />The West Pit water treatment plant operated efficiently discharging a total of 12,470,100 <br />gallons (38.27 acre-feet) of water to Rito Seco Creek during the month, a total of 810,100 <br />gallons (2.49 acre-feet) of water was transferred from the water treatment plant to the <br />P.O. Box 310 San Luis, Colorado 81152-0310 (719) 379-0798 Fax (719) 379-0713 <br />