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�v\ ENE WMO N T Newmont Mining Corporation RECEIVEDCripple Creek&Victor Gold Mining Company 100 N 3rtl St P O Box 191 vAPR 14 `N17 Victor, CO 80860 www newmont com DIVISION OF RECLAMATION MINING AND SAFETY April 8, 2017 SENT CERTIFIED RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED 7015-1660-0000-0779-8874 Mr. Timothy Cazier, P.E. Environmental Protection Specialist Colorado Department of Natural Resources Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety Office of Mined Land Reclamation 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 Re: Permit No. M-1980-244; Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company ("CC&V"); Cresson Project; —Wildlife Protection—Conditional Approval Item#40 Dear Mr. Cazier: Within CC&V's January 23, 2017 submission of responses to DRMS adequacy review comments, CC&V agreed to submit a modification to the permit addressing wildlife protection within 60 days of the approval of Amendment-11, with all materials in approvable form within 120 days of the approval of Amendment 11. Amendment 11 permit modification request from DRMS The following is a list of permit modification requests made by DRMS to be addressed in this correspondence. DRMS's Amendment 11 and Amended Amendment 11 Adequacy Review Comment Number 40 on December 28, 2016 is listed in the following six parts: 40a. Exhibit H—Wildlife Information • A wildlife report describing and enumerating all wildlife incidents resulting in injury or fatality within the last 5 years associated with the mining operation CC&V's response: CC&V completed a database search of all wildlife injury and/or mortalities directly related to mining activities within the last S years. Table I below summarizes the search in detail, however in summary, the following was found: 4 bird mortalities, I elk mortality, and 3 fox mortalities. See Table 1.