Growing Strong Industries ~ Developing New Ideas ~ Nurturing Natural Resources

marginal land and brownfield site improvement (Atlas Cement site); mine land and disturbed land restoration and reclamation (Hibtac and Keetac);potential biofuel/biomass plantation utilization (Regional Landfill site)

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Hibtac Kleffman Road Site 1: July 2012 Pre-delivery condition

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Hibtac Kleffman Road Site 1: August 2013 Dredged material delivered

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Hibtac Kleffman Road Site 1: May 30, 2014 Post-placement

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Hibtac Kleffman Road Site 1: May 30, 2014 Typical vegetation growth (pre-planting) 27

Hibtac Kleffman Road Site 1: October, 2014 Tree Planting

All three sites were planted with eight different species in a randomized design, on a 5ft. x 8ft. spacing

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Tamarack White Spruce Oak Birch Alder Hazelnut Chokecherry Chokeberry

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Site 3 foreground Site 2 background July 2012

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Site 3 foreground Site 2 background August 2013

Site 3 foreground Site 2 background October 2014

Initiative for Sustainable Mining Solutions.

Erie Pier

Keetacproject

site

Potential location ofsource rock for

backhaul to Erie Pier

Erie

Pie

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Mesabi rock returns south

Natural erosional processes within the St. Louis

River Watershed

deposit clean

sediment into St. Louis River

estuary

Clean sediment

goes north