Appendix A - Mine and Reclamation Maps

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Note 3:Legacy facility data diggitized from Archdale Mine
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Note 3:Project Features are based on a design
provided by SRK on April 19 2024.
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I pNote 3:Project Features are based on a design
♦� / Feet Note 4e ContoRurKdata added based on Archdale
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1 / Note 5:Outfall locations received from SRK on January 3 2024.
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Notes:
Note 1: Project Features are provisional and incomplete at
this time.
Note 2: Permit Boundaryy updated by ERM on April 29 2024.
Note 3: Stormwater out all locations received from SRK on January 3 2024.
Note 4:Wetland survey data provided by SWCA
YV Peak Dr on October 10 2023.
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North Carolina

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Notes:
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♦♦ Note 2:Permit Boundary updated by ERM on April 29 2024. _
Truck Wash Note 3:Grading Plan provided by SRK on June 10 2024.
♦ / Note 4:Contour data added based on
/ ♦ Water Truck Filling Archdale Draft Phasing Maps_20240409.pdf provided by s
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�� Notes:
Note 1:Project Features are provisional and incomplete at this time.
Note 2:Permit Boundary updated by ERM on April 29 2024. _
Truck Wash Note 3:Base Drain Plan provided by SRK on June 10 2024.
Note 4:Contour data added based on
Water Truck Filling Archdale Draft Phasing Maps_20240409.pdf provided by s
1 SRK on April 9 2024.
1 Change Rooms
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tO South Parking /� Pond
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Notes:
♦ ♦ Note 1:Project Features are provisional and incompplete at this time.
Note 2:Permit Boundary updated by ERM on April 29 2024. �9
Truck Wash Note 3:Mine phasing features were provided by SRK on April 9 2024.
Note 4:Contour data added based on
Water Truck Filling Archdale Draft Phasing Maps_20240409.pdf provided by s
1 SRK on April 9 2024.
1 Change Rooms
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at End of KMM Mining Year 0
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�� Note 2:Permit Boundary updated by ERM on April 29 2024.
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Water Truck Filling Archdale Draft Phasing Maps-20240409.pdf provided by s
1 SRK on April 9 2024.
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Archdale " Shelby Project Location
_Gastonia
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`tea Filtered/Tailings r\, Waste Rock Emankment Contour(25 feet)
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_ J z
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TP-27 4"Sewer To 0 ♦ o�`'
City Of Kings Mountain ♦ ♦♦ Growth Media Storage
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♦ ���o`c`m�o ° r\j Site Contour(25 feet)
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85 Sewer Line
—• Water Line
18"Culvert E�] Proposed Building E
♦ / Q Spillway e
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Basin PMP Emergency Spillway — Vehicle Separation Berm
TP-29 Power From Rutherford - Haul Road
24"Culvert Site Road
a Hydrology E
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Truck Parking on / o _ Culvert
z Fueling Pad Seepage Collection Tank 2r Drainage e
�Q Maintenance Shop , Contact Water Emergency 30"Culvert Jc°� m 2j Named Flowline
Pond
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� Notes:
0 ♦ I ♦ Note 1:Project Features are provisional and incompplete at this time.
♦♦ Note 2:Permit Boundary updated by ERM on April 29 2024.
♦ Truck Wash Note 4:Mine
ontouh data added based provided by SRK on April 9 2024.
Water Truck Filling Archdale Draft Phasing Maps_20240409.pdf provided by s
1 ♦ SRK on April 9 2024.
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Archdale -- Shelby Project Location
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294#♦ �,' ♦♦ Mine Design Feature
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♦♦♦ ` % MAX.EL.992.00' ♦♦♦ Flat Bench (16 feet wide)
♦♦ ,'� ♦♦♦ Tailings Storage Facility Contour (25 feet)
15 ft Post-Closure Road . ♦ �♦`� ,' ♦♦♦ Tailings Storage Facility Contour (5 feet)
and Perimeter Channel
Barricaded Light �e ♦♦♦ �� ♦♦♦♦ Waste Rock Emankment Contour (25 feet)
Vehicle Entrance a ♦ ♦ Waste Rock Embankment Contour (5 feet)
���\��; ♦♦ / ,,, °�h ♦y♦♦♦ Flow Path a — Waste Rock Embankment
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♦ ♦ �` '� Infrastructure
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°o °°° ♦♦♦ �� Site Contour (25 feet)
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♦♦ Flow Path
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MP�� ♦ ♦♦ by 10 ft Wide Swale a 2- Named Flowline
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CO ♦ ♦ Note 1:Project Features are provisional and incompplete at this time.
♦ ♦♦ Note 2:Permit Boundary updated by ERM on April 29 2024.
♦ Note 3:Mine phasing features were provided by SRK on April 9 2024. x
♦ ♦ Note 4:Contour data added based on
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U U 6 O ° ° °
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• — �-- — PROPERTY BOUNDARY
TER AND SEWER MAIN ----------------
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ROCK CHECK DAM _ — _ PAVED ROAD
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REVEGETATED ` ° d c ° �' Q � -
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PERMANENT SEDIMENT PMP EMERGENCY
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AND STARTER EMBANKMENT ° p°
CONSTRUCTION EROSION CONTROL PLAN PERIMETER ACCESS ROAD HIGH POINT
-
(SCALE: 1"=200')
REVISIONS DESIGN:DPH REVIEWED:JO PREPARED BY: DRAWING TITLE: ISSUE:
REV. DESCRIPTION DATE DRAWN: DPH APPROVED:JO �A SUBMITTED FOR CLIENT REVIEW 04.01.2024 irk consulting
DATE:
COORDINATE SYSTEM: LOCATION OF EROSION CONTROLS O4.01.2024
NC STATE PLANE NAD83 FT PREPARED FOR: SRK PROJECT NO.: REVISION:
PROJECT: USPR000576 A
KINGS MOUNTAIN MINE PRELIMINARY ARCHDALE DRAWING NO.
IF THE ABOVE BAR \-\C°il De ign P°ck°ge\Feb 24 r 1,i°n\Refe,enoe FIe\Aibem°,iej°g°_°,°P.jPeg Operated by: EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PLAN
DOES NOT MEASURE 1 INCH, Albemarle-Lithium FIGURE 24
FILE NAME: USPR000576-Channel layout_03APR2024.dwg
THE DRAWING SCALE IS ALTERED KINGS MOUNTAIN MINE PROJECT
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Figure 24 Location Map of Erosion Controls and Channel Layout during Construction

TSF Perimeter Non-Contact Water Composite Channels NPI Area Non-Contact Water Channels
2.5 CONCURRENT RECLAMATION Channel Low Flow Channel Depth in Channel Bottom Channel Channel Riprap
1 Length Low Flow Depth Slope Riprap Size Roadway Length Side Width Depth Slope Size
EMBANKMENT VARIES Design Design
ROCK FILL Channel ID Event (ft) Side Slopes (ft) (%) (in) (ft) Channel ID Event (ft) Slopes (ft) (ft) (%) (in)
(50FT. TO 10OFT)
C
STORMWATER DITCH (100-YR) � STORMWATER ROAD/DITCH (PMP) MIN 18" HIGH COMPACTED SOIL -PT11a PMF 2006 3HAV 2.25 0.43% None 1.02 NC-AR13a PMF 1836 3H:1V 4 2.50 0.53% None
SEE TABLE FOR DIMENSIONS TRAFFIC SAFETY BERM C-PT11b PMF 1255 3H:1V 1.25 5.24% 14 0.30 NC-PAD1 100-yr 622 3H:1V 0 1.50 1.95% None
/ C-PT11c PMF 555 31HAV 0.75 0.40% None 0.33 NC-PAD2 100-yr 680 3H:1V 0 1.50 1.89% None
/ C-PT12a PMF 375 31HAV 1.00 0.52% None 0.47 NC-PAD3 100-yr 465 3H:1V 0 1.75 1.89% None
2.5
1 C-PT-12b PMF 1807 31HAV 1.75 1.14% None 0.77 NC-PAD4 100-yr 240 3H:1V 0 1.75 2.34% None
C-PT12c PMF 611 3H:1V 2.00 0.85% None 0.97 NC-PAD5 100-yr 326 3H:1V 0 1.50 2.26% None
PERIMETER ROAD
i
ROCK FILL C-PT12d PMF 1218 3HAV 2.50 1.02% None 1.10 NC-PAD6 100-yr 586 3H:1V 5 1.50 1.94% None
C-PT12e PMF 532 31HAV 3.00 4.85% 32 0.43 NC-PAD7 100-yr 287 3H:1V 5 1.25 2.01% None
C-PT-12f PMF 368 31HAV 3.00 2.31% 20 0.87 NC-PAD8 100-yr 251 3HAV 5 1.25 2.38% None
NC-SWALE1 100-yr 40 10HAV 2 1.50 2.38% None
2FT FILTER SAND _ \ '7`\//�/�/��/��/%/�\`//
NC-SWALE2 100-yr 180 10H:1 V 2 1.25 1.86% None
Culvert Dimensions NC-SWALE3 100-yr 28 10H:1V 2 1.50 2.34% None
EXISTING GROUND Culvert Culvert /°NC-SWALE4 PMP 391 10H:1V 2 2.00 2.58 None
- -
Design Length Diameter Number of Culvert Invert Slope Headwater NC-SWALE5 100-yr 403 10H:1V 2 1.50 2.34% None
Culvert ID Event (ft) (in) Culverts Material (%) (ft) NC-DS1 100-yr 45 4H:1V 5 1.50 40.00% 9
Perim-Culvert PMP 60 18 4 RCP 0.0% 3.97 NC-BROW-T14a 100-yr 525 3H:1V 0 2.00 6.90% None
1 PERIMETER ROAD TYP. SECTION NC-CULV-TPAD1 100-YR 440 24 1 CSP 1.3% 4.00 NC-BROW-T14b 100-yr 620 3H:1V 0 2.00 8.90% None
SCALE: 1"= 10' NC-CULV-TPAD2 PMP 470 18 1 CSP 3.3% 3.86 NC-BROW-T14c 100-yr 467 3H:1V 0 2.00 6.13% None
C-CULV-SPILLWAY PMP 325 30 1 CSP 6.2% 5.5
BOTTOM WIDTH
2.5
1 CONCURRENT RECLAMATION Level Spreader (not to scale)
EMBANKMENT 50 FT.
ROCK FILL /\DEPTH �
BEEHIVE DROP INLET MIN 18" HIGH COMPACTED SOIL �; r 1"ft, �'��M. ��\ `\ \\
TRAFFIC SAFETY BERM �, : •� 1 •�•
18"O RCP CULVERT g ���•, , °' ��'' �,- a. ,,...• Transition
Ve etatec 'n"q �� ' ,..,,�...,.,,..,�.
2% ELEV. = 880' INLET IE= 876' diversion ''` �+'�''� `� �•"� • to 4 grade
,,. GRASS LINED CHANNEL
0 " v SEE TABLES
•r
Al.
.3` t��i,•- a,M,�,,�,�► 7 ' .�,r--��` u �,.. rr ��. .t,. BELOW FOR
SEDIMENTBASIN y;�.� �,,.�,t •�i+�"��`rAi� �� f� '���' �,�v •:�Ir' ?��. CHANNEL
nVi, `J�'.,►a� n` .I, ,.. ys� ai �t DIMENSIONS
�� RIPRAP SIZE
BOTTOM WIDTH
5 2FT FILTER SAND EXISTING GROUND \\j\/\\ ��''; �,�k��.."��N; '���� ',l,` '4 1%'K%`I- "�' y y` �' V`� SEE TABLE�, k ►�• ► �/ �N-`. ` Stabilized ( )
/ / \�\i�\\,�` �;.1MM/�•••�`' Jtl• ,�In t. wit'. 4, L V ` y a M'
Wt. ' ..� slope
ELEV. = 865' ,t. 1• �' ` le�./ . V�'\ '�� ��� �'j M��� SIDE
Stable � ,�,. �• �`'" ,, t�• �' � � .,�.. �.. " t„y' .- SLOPE
undisturbed �� �. ,, ,.l` l�• `�' 1
� PERIMETER CORRIDOR CULVERT CROSSING Outlet � ,, �I, ,.
/ � '�4` .,,. �� �1 0 o DEPTH
\\,�\\. 2 SCALE: 1"= 10' �t.�,. fit, s� h. h. afi•• M�` � + �t4` l�•r(h� \I .1L �1'• 1,.• /�\/ �r
,�I of �`.• <<' a� • v''la• � , y, c•. �\.� ,� �` �U• /\ `� � ��
�, . 101.0 �Si' V'Ir" >yt, , 1, n �' �r Jill, FILTER FABRIC
�+ �I �� �/ RIPRAP THICKNESS 1.5X
&, „ RIPRAP D50
ROAD o 0 0 �, ,'� „�„ y �, �I M;; wj, �114s �, Note: Contributing
WIDTH o 0 0 0 o ti N� �M, ,` ,�<,I. ,<< 1 , �I watershed to level spreader RIPRAP CHANNEL
7
1�- �' not to exceed 5 ac. TYPICAL NPI DIVERSION CHANNEL DETAIL
o o o J
4.5' o 0 0 0 0 6.5'
Figure 6.40a Level spreader is designed to disperse small volumes of concentrated flow across stable slopes. NOT TO SCALE
APPROACH -_-_-_ __-_- _CORRUGATED STEEL DISCHARGE o 0 0 0
CHANNEL PIPE(CSP)CULVERT CHANNEL
SEE TABLE
0 Cross Section
I
Material Variable
3 OUTLET STABILIZATION stapled in
dace
3 INLET STABILIZATION 3-2 SEE DETAIL p
3-2 SEE DETAIL 6
PLAN VIEW I
min
ROAD
f
1 + t
- FILTER FABRIC
WIDTH Level lip
of spreader -
I II I {I�11� �--• I ,
SAFETY TYPICAL OUTLET STABILIZATION DETAIL
BERM l
1 vvv ROAD FILL NOT TO SCALE Buried
APPROACH -
CHANNEL CORRUGATED STEEL
6 �� min
�J PIPE CSP)CULVERT GRADE oU` DISCHARGE
j\\ / CHANNEL
DIAMETER /` Figure 6.40b Detail of level spreader cross section-
(SEE TABLE)
SOURCE: Erosion and Sediment Control Planning and Design Manual, North Carolina
3 INLET STABILIZATION
SECTION VIEW 3 OUTLET STABILIZATION Department of Environmental and Natural Resources
3-2 3-2 SEE DETAIL
SEE DETAIL
TYPICAL LEVEL SPREADER DETAIL AND SECTION
6 TYPICAL CULVERT DETAIL
SCALE: 1"= 10' NOT TO SCALE
REVISIONS DESIGN:DPH REVIEWED:JO PREPARED BY: DRAWING TITLE: ISSUE:
PERMIT
REV. DESCRIPTION DATE DRAWN: DPH APPROVED:JO COORDINATE SYSTEM: � srk consultingSTORMWATER MANAGEMENT DETAILS
A SUBMITTED FOR CLIENT REVIEW 04.01.2024 DATE:
�0 ISSUED FOR PERMIT 04.15.2024 O4.15.2024
NC STATE PLANE NAD83 FT PREPARED FOR: SRK PROJECT NO.: REVISION:
PROJECT: USPR000576 0
KINGS MOUNTAIN MINE PRELIMINARY ARCHDALE DRAWING NO.
J\ ALBEMARLE Operated by: STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
IF THE ABOVE BAR Albemarle-Lithium FIGURE 25
DOESWINGSC NOT LEISAURE 1 TERNCH, KINGS MOUNTAIN MINE PROJECT
FILE NAME: USPR000576-Channel layout REVO.dwg THE DRAWING SCALE IS ALTERED
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Figure 25 Archdale TSF Stormwater Management Details and Cross-Sections

ti
0 100 200 400 LIGHT VEHICLE AND HAUL LEGEND
VEHICLE SEPARATION BERM
_ i000 CONTOUR 25'(EXISTING)
FEETIII 11111111;Ili 11111: 10OFT. PERIMETER CONTOUR 5'(EXISTING)
,ttt�tttttttttt�+ttttt�tttttttt HAUL/ ACCESS ROAD
t000 CONTOUR 25'(PROPOSED)
LIGHT VEHICLE ACCESS CONTOUR 5'(PROPOSED)
WAT E R AND SEWER MAIN ----------------
------ - -
n ----------------------------- PROPERTY BOUNDARY
------
------------------- o __
------------------------
-------------- Perim RAILWAY
-- PAVED ROAD
- - - r SITE ENTRANCE
DIRT ROAD
1 EDGE OF WATER
FENCE
PAVED DRAINAGE
Ij POWER LINE
1 0
v rim 5 SEWER LINE
11 ----------- WATER LINE
y.-Offsite 4 U Perim 8
BUILDING/PAD EXISTING
BUILDING/PAD PROPOSED
�l
CULVERT EXISTING
CULVERT PROPOSED
II ` Perim-1 SUB-BASIN DELINEATION
Offs 1 ii `
I Perim 9 O
--_ - - �1
Offsite 5 1��:_=-- -- - ____ -
CutSlope 2 �.��-
Q `
1 Pad 2 Pad 1
Cn Pad 3 PROPERTY BOUNDARY
CD jj a
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Contact Pond o p
00 0
D
Pad 5
erim 1 C7 \
Pad 7 Pad
PARKING - - - Offsite 7 - Perim 2 erim 4
---------------------
-------- �- Offsi 8 - - _
- - r -
_ Perim
- _ \
o
------------
------------ \
PMP EMERGENCY
SPILLWAY EXISTING CULVERTS (TYP.) PERIMETER ACCESS ROAD
ARCHDALE SUB-BASIN DELINEATIONS AND STARTER EMBANKMENT
- PERIMETER ACCESS ROAD HIGH POINT
(SCALE: 1" 200�>
Archdale Sub-Basin Parameters
Basin Area Composite Curve Total Lag (0.6*Tc) Total Travel Time
SUBBASIN ID (sq mi) Number (min) (min)
Contact Pond 0.003500 88 8.1 13.5
CutSlope 1 0.000797 76 4.2 7.1
CutSlope 2 0.000906 76 1.4 2.4
CutSlope 3 0.000453 76 0.8 1.4
Offsite 1 0.005094 74 6.4 10.7
Offsite 2 0.011813 72 0.8 1.4
Offsite 3 0.011656 72 3.3 5.5
Offsite 4 0.015313 72 1.3 2.1
Offsite 5 0.002297 72 5.2 8.7
Offsite 6 0.032016 72 2.8 4.7
Offsite 7 0.007984 72 5.8 9.6
Offsite 8 0.007313 73 20.8 34.6
Pad 1 0.002750 82 35.2 58.7
Pad 2 0.002109 82 33.4 55.7
Pad 3 0.001797 82 15.9 26.6
Pad 4 0.005391 82 23.5 39.2
Pad 5 0.000438 82 8.2 13.6
Pad 6 0.001422 82 10.3 17.2
Pad 7 0.000656 82 21.6 35.9
Perim 1 0.017921 77 2.1 3.5
Perim 2 0.007026 78 4.0 6.7
Perim 3 0.001326 81 3.4 5.7
Perim 4 0.003482 75 2.8 4.7 REVISIONS DESIGN: DPH REVIEWED:JO PREPARED BY: DRAWING TITLE: ISSUE:
PERMIT
Perim 5 0.017355 78 0.8 1.3 REV. DESCRIPTION DATE DRAWN:DPH APPROVED:JO Srk consultingARCHDALE STORM WATER BASIN DATE:
Perim 6 0.008603 78 1.2 2.0 A SUBMITTED FOR CLIENT REVIEW 04.01.2024
0 ISSUED FOR PERMIT 04.15.2024 COORDINATE SYSTEM: DELINEATIONS
06.05.2024
Perim 7 0.021255 77 1.3 2.2 B RE-ISSUED FOR PERMITTING 06.05.2024 NC STATE PLANE NAD83 FT PREPARED FOR: SRK PROJECT NO.: REVISION:
Perim 8 0.009055 78 1.0 1.6 PROJECT: USPR000576 B
Perim 9 0.008243 78 1.5 2.5
KINGS MOUNTAIN MINE PRELIMINARY ARCHDALE DRAWING NO.
Operated by:
J\ ALBEMARLE Albemarle-Lithium STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
Sed Pond 0.001094 93 20.4 34.1 IF THE ABOVE BAR FIGURE 2 6
DOES NOT MEASURE 1 INCH, KINGS MOUNTAIN MINE PROJECT
TSF 0.087933 60 0.0 0.0 FILE NAME: USPR000576-Channel layout REVB.dwg THE DRAWING SCALE IS ALTERED
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Figure 26 Archdale TSF Stormwater Basin Delineations.

n
a
-
0 100 200 400 LIGHT VEHICLE AND HAUL �' Mli LEGEND
VEHICLE SEPARATION BERM
i000 CONTOUR 25'(EXISTING)
FEET -
"111111+H111" HM+f 10OFT. PERIMETER
CONTOUR 5'(EXISTING)
HAUL/ ACCESS ROAD t000 CONTOUR 25'(PROPOSED)
LIGHT VEHICLE ACCESS
_____ _ CONTOUR 5'(PROPOSED)
WATER AND SEWER MAIN ---- \
------------
n --------------------- � PROPERTY BOUNDARY
- -------
---- o -------------- RAILWAY
----------------- __
in
PERIMETER CHANNEL SECTION PAVED ROAD
-------------------
------------
--- _ —
--- " — — — SITE ENTRANCE DIRT ROAD
1 EDGE OF WATER
IIIH �� -
---- -- - - FENCE
--- - C-PT 1 d
- -------= 25+00
----------------
IIIIIIIIII
4 — - - — 30+00
1 - PAVED DRAINAGE
C-PT12e 35+00
I it I/
40+00 \ POWER LINE
20 ` SEWER LINE
00
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Figure 27 Archdale TSF Final Stormwater Channel Layout Map.

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City Of Kings Mountain pj ♦ me Infrastructure
TP-28 3"Potable Water From r\j Site Contour(25 feet)
City Of Kings Mountain ♦� °�'°ti5 Qaoa\c d� /\,Site Contour(5 feet)
♦ 9900 `'� �Q Power Line
Sewer Line
Water Line
Outfall 004 Proposed Building
❑ Spillway
85 Transportation
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due to existing forest cover and ♦ / { Proposed Ingress/Egress _
minimal visual,noise,and dust impacts. / —Vehicle Separation Berm E
♦ PMP Emergency Spillway Haul Road o
Outfall 003 TP-29 Power From Rutherford Site Road
Hydrology
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24"Culvert Sediment Basin(0.7 acres)/
i ® i MPS ♦ Transfer on Existing Imerys Permitted Outfall
(2.0 acres) Seepage Collection Tank(0.2 acres) X 2, Drainage
o — Proposed Culvert
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m 2! Named Flowline
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Notes:
Note 2:Buffer locationssareesubje t to clhangenbased on en,ineelring de Sl n g
�0 Outfall 001 changes and areas required for clearing,grubbing and grading(areas to 6ge
determined in a future design).Buffers shown are a mix of road ROW and
5 Albemarle owned property
Z� Note 3:Permit Boundary updated by ERM on April 29 2024.
Note 4:Project Features are based on a design
drovided by SRK on April 19 2024.
ote 5:Contour data added based on Archdale s
1 Note 6:Outfall locations received frombSyRK oon anuary 3 2024.
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North Carolina g

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� B ISSUED FOR PRE FEASIBILITY 19.04.2024 NC STATE PLANE NAD83 FT SECTIONS 30.05.2024
EXISTING GROUND C RE-ISSUED FOR PERMITTING 30.05.2024 PREPARED FOR: SRK PROJECT NO.: REVISION:
PROJECT: USPR000576 C
KINGS MOUNTAIN MINE DRAWING NO.
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DOES NOT MEASURE 1 INCH,
FILE NAME: USPR000576-REC03_TSF.dwg THE DRAWING SCALE IS ALTERED
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Figure 32 Archdale TSF Reclamation Plan Map and Sections

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O I Note 5:Viewshed Analysis completed in May 2024.
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Key Observation Point 16: Existing Conditions (Looking East)
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Key Observation Point 16: TSF Hidden with Mitigations (Looking East)
NOTE: See Figure 34 for location of Key Observation Point (KOP) 16 on Pinnacle Peak inside the Crowders
Mountain State Park.

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NC Natural Heritage Program,August 2023Note 3:USA x
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REVISIONS DESIGN:JS/RBB REVIEWED: RBB PREPARED BY: DRAWING TITLE: ISSUE:
REV. DESCRIPTION DATE DRAWN: APPROVED:RBB PRELIMINARY
A SUBMITTED FOR CLIENT REVIEW 09.04.2024 JS/ML/NM k COORDINATE SYSTEM: consulting PLANT SITE RECLAMATION MAP DATE:
B ISSUED FOR PRE FEASIBILITY 19.04.2024 SITE PLAN AND SECTIONS 30.05.2024
C RE-ISSUED FOR PERMITTING 30.05.2024 NC STATE PLANE NAD83 FT PREPARED FOR: SRK PROJECT NO.: REVISION:
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