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9F. RECEA?qAT'rON & <br /> PHASING PLAN <br /> Active <br /> Face <br /> B ek krz Active <br /> PM.� ., � .;. Pond n Future <br /> f 9 Z <br /> Mine <br /> 3-. <br /> AkEA 1 2 3 4 6 <br /> RANG SEQUENCE --�- <br /> F. As a phase is excavated to the <br /> lowest elevation, the fine sands and clay that are <br /> washed out of the raw material flow into the recycle pond which was created <br /> from the prior digging (AREA 1). Hence, new ponds are created as digging <br /> progresses (AREA 2, 3, 4, 5). Since 17% - 25% of raw material is fine sands <br /> and clay, this material will partially fill these ponds located in the bottom of the <br /> excavation, creating the new soil that will fill the bottom of the excavation (AREA <br /> 1). Since the hole will average 150 ft, there will be approximately 50 ft. of <br /> fine sands and clay on the bottom, leaving the final depth at approximately 100 - <br /> 130 ft. deep (Panel D), but could be shallower or deeper depending on variations <br /> in clay content that occur naturally in the deposit. <br /> Fines remain in the pond. When the pond can no longer hold any more fines, a <br /> new pond is created in an area where excavation has been completed. This <br /> Fil, allows the former pond to dry up and be reclaimed, while excavation begins in a <br /> new area. Hence, an area is actively mined, then becomes a pond, is filled with <br /> sediments, dries out, and gets reclaimed. Reclamation is therefore successive <br /> and continuining within each phase. <br />