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Page 2 of 3 10. The Corley Company Well (Division of Water Resources Permit No. 119459) is located in Township 20 South, Range 70 West, NE' /4 SE' /4 Section 24. The total depth of the well is 100 feet and has been permitted for domestic use, livestock watering by the Colorado Division of Water Resources. The Division of Water Resources Permit was approved February 19, 1982. Southfield's Map 12: "Mine Area Surface and Groundwater Hydrology" locates the Corley Company Well in NE' /4 NW1 /4 Section 24, Township 20 South, Range 70 West. Please correct the location on the Southfield mine maps. (Resolved - Map 12 was adequately updated with MR60.) The owner of the well believes the well has failed. The Corley Company Well (No. 119459) overlies an area that was mined by Energy Fuels. This location shows that Energy Fuels conducted secondary mining (pillared) below this location in the Red Arrow Seam in 2nd North mining area (Map 17: Mine Plan (dated December 1,1997), and MSHA Final Workings Map (dated June 20, 2002). Please demonstrate that Energy Fuels Coal Inc. has met the requirements of Rule 4.05.15 and Rule 4.20.3 regarding the Corley Company Well. The Corley Company Well was reportedly finished in the Raton Formation and produced approximately 1 gallon per minute according to the baseline information in the PAP. 11. Exhibit 8 provides records of drill logs for resource confirmation holes (exploration holes within the permit area) approved in the Southfield Permit. Abandonment reports have been located for Drill holes SF85 -03, SF85 -08, SF85 -14. These drill holes were released under SR -1. Other holes permitted during MR7, MR8, and MRll were released during the approval of SRI as well. In permit section 2.05.4, EFCI commits to conducting a field reconnaissance to document the status of exploration and drill holes. In permit sections 2.05.4 EFCI commits to and 4.07 and sealing drilled holes in accordance with Rule 4.07. The Division approved liability release for 51 holes that were not drilled along with 4 reclaimed drill holes (SRI). Final disposition of drill holes that are the responsibility of EFCI was noted during the MT5 review in 2007 (MR55 letter from EFCI to the Division, dated October 4, 2007). As the majority of the reclaimed areas within the Southfield permit are approaching the minimum liability timeframe, please conduct a field reconnaissance in accordance with EFCI's permit commitment and provide abandonment reports for all sealed boreholes, Rule 4.07.3(3). Water monitoring boreholes in the approved water monitoring plan should not be sealed prior to Division approval. Attached to this review is a list of drill holes located in the field by the Division. Please provide any updates to this list as appropriate. (EFCI submitted MR61 and stated that EFCI won't do an inventory or seal holes until they are ready for final bond release. EFCI stated in the MR61 cover letter that Exhibit 8 has been updated. Exhibit 8 was not submitted with the MR61 materials. Furthermore, waiting for final bond release is inconsistent with the Act and Rule 4.13.)