XXX Mine TSF – Quarterly Checklist

INSPECTION DATE:

QUARTERLY CHECKLIST YES NO

Accidents
1. Were there any accidents, incidents or near misses reported over the past
quarter?

If yes, has the report been completed and recommendations been

implemented?

Surveillance Reporting
2. What is the date of the most recent Surveillance Report ………………..

Were any items reported as Situation A, B, C, or D?

If yes, explain and have the parameters been restored?

TSF Access control

3. Access control to the TSF: Is it satisfactory?
If no, what are the problems?

Signage
4. Are the warning signs displayed?
If no, what are the problems?

Pipelines
5. Inspection of tailings delivery line and decant return water line.
a) Is vegetation encroaching the lined trenches? If so, where?
b) Are there any leaks?
If yes, were they reported and what is being done to remedy it?

Spigots
6. Are all spigot valves working properly?
If no, which valves are a problem and what is being done to remedy.

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Embankment Stability
8. Is the north embankment wall satisfactory (any signs of weeping, sloughing
or cracking and free of any standing water on the top of the dam)? If no,
what is the nature of the problem?

Have these been reported?

Are monthly settlement pin readings taken and reported?

Are the pin readings in order?

Freeboard
9. Is there at least 1.2 m of vertical freeboard between the spillway and the
pond (decant pond level in the green zone on the staff)?
If no, what are the problems?

Decant Pond
10. Pond condition
a) Is the location, condition and size of pond normal?

b) Has the water pooled around the intake towers indicate a settling
problem?

Decant Tower
11. Are the decant tower access ways safe to use?
If no, what are the problems?

Lifebuoys and Lifelines

12. Are the lifebuoys and lifelines in position and accessible?
If no, what are the problems?

Pumps
13. Are the decant return water pumps in good order?
Are the raw water pumps in good order?
Are the tailings delivery pumps in good order?
If no, what are the problems?

Seepage Systems
14. Are the seepage systems working (pumps, piping, power, electronics)?

Underdrainage?

Embankment Drain?

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If no for any of the above, identify what repairs are needed?

WAD Cyanide
15. Are the WAD Cyanide concentrations acceptable?
a) Has the Spigot WAD cyanide exceeded 50 ppm in the past quarter?

b) Has the Decant Pond WAD cyanide exceeded 30 ppm in the past
quarter?

c) If so, what was done to reduce the WAD cyanide?

d) Was it necessary to run the peroxide to detox plant?
e) For how long?

f) Are conditions now acceptable?

Decant Water Usage

16. Is the plant maximizing use of decant water?
If no, why?

Instrumentation
17. Is instrumentation in good working order?

If no, why?

Wildlife Mortalities
18. Have there been any wildlife mortalities since the past inspection?
If yes, how many mortalities and were incident reports filed?

Dam Accessibility
19. Is the dam accessible around its perimeter?
If no, where is access a problem?

Bores
20. Bore Inspection: Are they satisfactory?
If no, what are the problems and what is to be done?

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WSF Access Control

21. Have Access Control issues at the WSF been identified?

Comments:

Inspection conducted by:

(print names)

1. This quarterly checklist must be completed by the Process Manager.

2. The parties which must be in attendance at the inspection are listed below.
3. The checklist must be completed in full and signed by all inspectors.
4. Submit the completed and signed checklist to the Process Operations Superintendent.
5. Periods between inspections must not exceed 120 days.

Signed by:

Process Manager

Process Operations Superintendent

Environmental Manager