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certificates with Pitkin County and the BLM. In August of 2005, the Skinners hired <br /> Minex to finish perfecting the ten White Banks Claims. After the work was done, on <br /> August 24,2005, Minex filed amended location certificates with Pitkin County and the <br /> BLM. <br /> Mr. Congdon first contends that the location certificates filed by Ms. Skinner on <br /> June 28, 2005 are invalid because she filed them before all of the acts of location had <br /> been completed and therefore his location certificates that he filed on August 5, 2005 <br /> prevail. This Court already ruled in its February 21, 2017 Order that "if the location <br /> certificates were filed by Mrs. Otis Skinner before the acts required in 34-43-106 were <br /> performed, her location certificates will be void." Because all acts of location were not <br /> completed when the Skinner's location certificates were filed, the June 28, 2005 <br /> certificates are void. However, the inquiry does not stop there. Snowmass Mining is <br /> arguing that it had 90 days from the date of discovery (here, June 1) to complete the <br /> acts of location and no one could jump the claim in the meantime. In other words, the <br /> Skinner's claims were protected during these 90 days. <br /> Mr. Skinner placed discovery notices on the White Banks Claims on June 1, <br /> 2005. The notices contained the information required by C.R.S. §43-43-106(b)(1). The <br /> discovery date on the notice was listed as June 1. Mr. Schifrin testified that a claimant <br /> has three months under the Colorado statute or 90 days under the Federal regulations <br /> to "meet all of the requirements and get all recordation done." Mr. Clay, on the other <br /> hand, disputes that the 90-day time period runs from the posting of the discovery notice <br /> and contends, instead, that it runs from the day the last stake is posted. The Court <br /> agrees with Mr. Schifrin and finds that his testimony is consistent with the statutes and <br /> 16 <br />