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MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Our activities at the Permitted Mine Area of the Columbus Project are subject to regulation by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) and the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (the “Mine Act”). Our wholly owned subsidiary, Columbus S.M., LLC (“Columbus SM”) is the “operator” for our activities at the Permitted Mine Area.

The following disclosure is provided pursuant to Section 1503 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Section 104 of Regulation S-K.

Citations, Notices, Orders, Fatalities and Assessments Under the Mine Act

  Year Ended December 31, 2014






Mine / MSHA ID
Number


Total # of
“Significant
and
Substantial”
Violations
Under s.104



Total # of
Orders
Issued
Under
s.104(b)



Total # of
Citations
and Orders
Under
s.104(d)



Total # of
Flagrant
Violations
Under
s.110(b)(2)


Total # of
Imminent
Danger
Orders
Under
s.107(a)


Total $ Value
of Proposed
MSHA
Assessments
Under Mine
Act



Total
Number of
Mining
Related
Fatalities

Received
Notice of
Patterns of
Violations
Under
s.104(e)
(Yes/No)
Received
Notice of
Potential
Patterns of
Violations
Under
s.104(e)
(Yes/No)
Columbus
Project
(Mine ID:
601674)
0 0 0 0 0 $5001 0 No No

  1.

A total of 6 citations were issued to us by MSHA during the year ended December 31, 2014, none of which indicated that they were significant and substantial.

Pending Legal Actions Before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (the “FMSHRC”)

  Year Ended December 31, 2014


Mine / MSHA ID Number
Total # of Legal
Actions Pending as of
Last Day of Period
Total # of Legal
Actions Instituted
During Period
Total # of Legal
Actions Resolved
During Period
Columbus Project
(Mine ID: 601674)
0 0 0