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Small Mine Development, LLC401(k)

SMALL MINE DEVELOPMENT, LLC 401(K) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · BOISE, ID · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.37%

Peer grade: C+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Small Mine Development, LLC reported $168,120 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.37% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,431 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.29% to 0.37%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other mining, oil & gas extraction employers. By assets it is the 50th-largest of 349 plans among Idaho employers on file, and the 191st of 612 in mining, oil & gas extraction. In 2024, employees put in $6.52 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 637 to 414 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$46,379,672
Participants with balances533
Active participants414
Employer contributions$592,562
Employee contributions$3,866,419
Employer contribution per active participant$1,431
Average account balance$87,016
Benefits paid to participants$7,731,000
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$46.4M · 533 accts · $593K emplr
2023$44.2M · 542 accts · $669K emplr
2022$40.7M · 706 accts · $962K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$168,120
Total administrative$168,120
The Small Mine Development, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,431
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,431 per active participant
2023$1,534 per active participant
2022$1,511 per active participant

Small Mine Development, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20245
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$168,120
HOLLAND & HART · Legalindirect comp
LPL HOLDINGS, INC. · Consultingindirect comp
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L · Investment advisory (participants)indirect comp
EIDE BAILLY LLP · Accounting / auditindirect comp

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history3
2024$168,120 · 0.37%
2023$154,307 · 0.36%
2022$127,015 · 0.29%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 942866465 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.