UPDATE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2008

This past week was busy with calibration of the scale for the railcars and continued mining. Calibration of the scale for the railcars was successful. In the photo below, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) employees are working with the conductor from Utah Southern Railroad as they use the calibration car on the scales.

The next photo is the inspections certificate signed by the UDOT representative.

We now have the scales properly calibrated for shipping. UDOT has certified the scale, and the Union Pacific is in agreement. Based on the result of this testing and certification, all the ore we have in the cars is within the specified weight and ready to ship.

All activities at the mine are progressing well, and as expected. Most of the work right now is moving waste to the waste dump and moving lean ore to the lean ore stockpile for future use. This work allows us to expose more of the resource so we can readily access it as we start shipping and replenishing the stockpile.