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Peter Hays <br /> August 23, 2019 <br /> Page 2 <br /> 15551 Highway 34 <br /> P.O. Box 972 <br /> Fort Morgan, CO 80701-0972 <br /> Bus. Phone: 970-867-2222 <br /> Bijou and BMS have been engaged in ongoing discussions about the Lost Creek Mine <br /> project and mining permit application, and Bijou anticipates that this process will <br /> continue. Bijou re-iterates its appreciation for BMS's efforts to date to meet with Bijou <br /> and discuss its concerns about this project. <br /> You have on file in this matter a letter from Bijou dated May 9, 2019, that identified <br /> Bijou's initial concerns with the project and potential areas of injury, based on its review <br /> of the original permit application and discussions with BMS. Bijou continues to have <br /> concerns about the project as described in that letter,but also anticipates that some of <br /> the identified items will be the subject of discussion in other forums (for example, <br /> special use review proceedings before the Weld County Commissioners). Bijou reserves <br /> the right to pursue its concerns in those other forums, as appropriate, but also continues <br /> its request that the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety ("DRMS") consider all <br /> issues raised by Bijou in evaluating the sufficiency of BMS's proposed mining operation <br /> and reclamation plan. <br /> This letter provides additional comments on items related to the proposed mining <br /> project, reclamation plan, and amended permit application that Bijou would like DRMS <br /> to consider as part of its review. Bijou is still in the process of evaluating the mining <br /> project, proposed reclamation plan, and BMS's proposed operating terms and <br /> conditions. To the extent allowed under the DRMS comment and review process, the <br /> District and the Company reserve the right to provide additional comments and <br /> information regarding the Lost Creek Mine project and impacts to Bijou during that <br /> process. <br /> Proposed Monitoring Well Plan <br /> BMS has included a proposal in the amended permit application for a monitoring well <br /> plan. Bijou appreciates BMS's inclusion of monitoring wells and the groundwater <br /> monitoring plan into its proposed mining operations. However, Bijou has the following <br /> additional comments/concerns. It appears from the amended permit application that <br />