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COLORADO <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />AV Mining and Safety <br />DerJwII merlt of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Doug Smith <br />Oxbow Mining, LLC. <br />PO Box 535 <br />Somerset, CO 81434 <br />February 29, 2016 <br />Re: Elk Creek Mine (C-1981-022) <br />Annual Reclamation Report, 2015 <br />Dear Mr. Smith, <br />The Division has reviewed the 2015 Annual Reclamation Report (ARR) for the Elk Creek Mine. <br />With respect to Rule 2.04.13: <br />1. The report was received by the Division on February 1, 2015, which was in good time. <br />a. Name: Elk Creek Mine <br />Address: PO Box 535, Somerset, CO 81434 <br />Permit #: C1981022 <br />b. 0.0 acres were disturbed during 2015 <br />c. 0.0 acres were backfilled and graded during 2015 <br />d. 0.0 acres were topsoiled during 2015 <br />e. 0.0 acres were seeded during 2015 <br />f. No maps were enclosed with the 2015 report, however a thorough summary was <br />included as Exhibit 1 which details the acreage and status of the various <br />facilities, roads and borehole pads that comprise the 226.99 disturbed acres, as <br />well as the 97.60 seeded acres. <br />2. Although no seeding was done in 2015, seed was purchased and the letter of certification <br />was included with the ARK This certification letter was compared with Exhibit 2.05-E6 <br />(Revegetation Plan), and was a good match with the seed list specified in Table 3, with <br />only Pacific Aster missing from the supplied mix. As noted, different seed mixes are <br />%e_co�o <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http://mining.state.co.us <br />John W. Hickenlooper, Governor I Mike King, Executive Director I Virginia Brannon, Director <br />