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Ei \II P.O. Box 326. Canon City. CO 81215 angela@envalternatives.com Environmental 719-275-8951 Alternatives, 4, Inc. �Q 'ICCREcool March 25, 2020 Tim Cazier Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 RE: Zephyr Gold USA Ltd (Zephry) Dawson Gold Project P-2013-002 NOI Modification, Revision No. Mod-05 Dear Mr. Cazier, Please accept this request for Modification-5 to P-2013-002 in Sections 20 and 21, Township 19 South, Range 71 West, Fremont County, Colorado to continue exploration at three locations on public land west of previous exploration. Drill site locations are presented as red circles on Figure 1. Due to the remoteness of the locations and rugged terrain, all exploration activities will require helicopter transport. No roads or drill pads will be constructed. Exploration will be conducted from wood platforms constructed on the sides of the mountains. No surface disturbance is anticipated. Earth moving equipment will not be utilized because it cannot be economically transported to the locations. Fremont County approved a major modification to the Conditional Use Permit (CUP 12-003) on February 25, 2020. This extended the exploration permit boundary to now include 3,172 acres. Zephyr submitted a Plan of Operations to US BLM on June 21, 2019. The most recent response to BLM's request for additional information was submitted February 21, 2020. On February 21, 2019, Stephanie Carter explained in a phone conversation that the exploration is exempt from the Plan of Operations review and can proceed with a notice because exploration does not rely on wheeled or tracked equipment and no roads will be constructed. Zephyr will implement the wildlife mitigating conditions required by CO State Land Board (SLB) in Section 16 onto the BLM Wilderness Study and ACEC areas. The SLB lease is provided as Appendix A of this submission. In addition, the resolution to the access from County Road 3A was recorded in Fremont County on February 5, 2020. Exploration will be conducted from 30' x 30' wooden platforms. Ground disturbance will occur only where the support posts are set on the ground, less than 0.1 acre of total disturbance. Tanks for drill water and sediments will be set on the ground in the vicinity of the wooden platform. All supplies, equipment and personnel will be transported to the drill platform by helicopter. Potential sites for helicopter landing are presented on Figure 1 as yellow and orange circles.