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OXBOW MINING, LLC <br />3737 Hwy 133 P.O. Box 535, Somerset, Colorado 81434 USA Tel (970)929-5122 Fax (970) 929-5177 <br />February 6, 2018 <br />Mr. Leigh Simmons <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: Oxbow Mining, LLC., Permit C-1981-022 <br />2017 Annual Reclamation Report <br />Dear Mr. Simmons: <br />RECEIVED <br />FEB 0 6 2018 <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining & Safety <br />The following information is submitted as the 2017 Annual Reclamation Report for the Oxbow <br />Mining, LLC., Sanborn Creek and Elk Creek Mines. The contents of this report are submitted to <br />satisfy the requirements of CDMG Rule 2.04.13 Annual Reclamation Reports. Also included is <br />an executed CDRMS, Annual Reclamation Report for the Year 2017 form. <br />Location and numbers of acres disturbed during 2017: 0.00 acres <br />Location and number of acres of areas backfilled and Graded during 2017: 48.6 acres <br />Oxbow Mining received a letter from Hotchkiss Ranches, Inc. requesting that several light use <br />drill roads that are on ranch property, be left un -reclaimed. This letter is included in Minor <br />Revision 108 which is presently under review by the CDRMS. In anticipation that these light <br />use drill roads will not be reclaimed, as requested by the surface land owner, the road acreages <br />were included in the 2017 acres back filled and graded amount of 48.6 acres. <br />Seed Purchases: <br />In 2017, seed was purchased from Granite Seed Company, Lehi, Utah. This ARR includes <br />copies of the "Letter of Certification" for seed shipped to Oxbow in 2017. Seed used on any <br />GVB interim reclamation/stabilization during 2017 came from the orders made in 2017. 180 <br />pounds of USFS seed mix were spread on USFS lands. 128 pounds of BLM seed mix were <br />spread on BLM lands and 306 pounds of Oxbow seed mix were spread on Oxbow Mining and <br />Hotchkiss Ranch properties. <br />0 Page 1 <br />