REVISED CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY FOR SOUTHERN IONICS MINERALS INDIAN BOUNDARY MINE Phase I Cultural Resources Survey of Proposed Indian Boundary Mine, Charlton County, Georgia

                A Phase I cultural resource survey of the proposed Indian Boundary Mine in northern Charlton County, Georgia for Southern Ionics Minerals, LLC was conducted by Golder Associates Inc. in January 2017. Laboratory analysis and reporting were completed in November 2017. The general study area includes portions of the Satilla River watershed and is characterized by minor streams, swamp and uplands. The upland areas are ancient dune systems that are mostly forested in pines. The study vicinity includes the existing Mission Mine and has received previous intensive survey for cultural resources by Golder Associates (Elliott 2012a-b; 2013). The present study of the Indian Boundary Mine examined approximately 918.5 acres (371 hectares) located south of Mission Mine and had not been examined previously for cultural resources. Approximately 125.5 acres (50.8 hectares) of the Indian Boundary Mine consists of wetlands and were excluded from the archaeological survey. The remaining 793 acres (320.9 hectares) was surveyed for cultural resources. The survey resulted in the location of one previously unidentified archaeological site (9CR115) and five isolated artifact finds. Site 9CR115 is a historic site that is considered potentially eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Golder recommends either avoidance of Site 9CR115 as part of the project development plans or Phase II testing to assess the Site 9CR115's eligibility for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.

                Elliott (2012a) reviewed the known archaeological sites near the Project APE. These sites included: 9CR7, 9CR15, 9CR17, 9CR24, 9CR28, 9CR29 and 9CR52. Only one of these sites, 9CR24, was revisited by Golder Associates. It was determined to have been almost entirely destroyed by prior borrow pit activity.