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; COLORADO <br /> ; Division of Reclamation,AV , <br /> Mining and Safety <br /> Deuzi-men' Na:,-a:Resew cf s <br /> 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br /> Denver, CO 80203 <br /> NOTICE OF INTENT TO CONDUCT PROSPECTING OPERATIONS <br /> FOR HARD ROCK/METAL MINES <br /> Form 1 <br /> All confidential and public information - For DRMS use and confidential filing <br /> Form 2 <br /> Public information only- For public filing <br /> GENERAL: <br /> To conduct prospecting activities in the State of Colorado, a person or organization must file a <br /> Notice of Intent to conduct Prospecting Operations (NOI or Prospecting Notice) and provide a <br /> financial warranty for the prospecting operations to the Mined Land Reclamation Board (MLRB or <br /> Board). All prospecting operations must comply with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act, <br /> as amended (34-32-101 et seq. C.R.S.), and the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board Hard <br /> Rock/Metal Mines Rules and Regulations 2 CCR 407-1 and amendments to those rules ("Rules"). <br /> This NOI form is for all minerals except coal and construction materials. The Division shall <br /> determine (where there is a question) if an operation is prospecting or mining. <br /> The New Law: <br /> Senate Bill (SB) 228 became law on June 2, 2008. SB 228 revised portions of C.R.S. 34-32-113 <br /> pertaining to confidentiality and filing requirements and requiring that certain aspects of <br /> Prospecting Notices will no longer be confidential. <br /> As revised,C.R.S. 34-32-113 (3) now requires,in part,that"All information provided to the Board <br /> in a notice of intent to conduct prospecting or a modification of such a notice is a matter of public <br /> record subject to the Open Records Act,Part 2 of Article 72 of Title 24,C.R.S.,including,in the case <br /> of a modification, the original notice of intent; except that information relating to the mineral <br /> deposit location,size,or nature and,as determined by the Board,other information designated by <br /> the operator as proprietary or trade secrets or that would cause substantial harm to the <br /> competitive position of the operator shall be protected as confidential information by the Board <br /> and shall not be a matter of public record in the absence of a written release from the operator or <br /> until a•finding by the Board that reclamation is satisfactory. Such information designated as <br /> exempt shall'remain confidential until a final determination by the Board If the Board <br /> determines that information is not confidential, the Division shall treat it as public information <br /> thirty(30) days from the Board's written order. <br /> 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http://mining.state.co.us ! *t' ,�'►*' <br /> John W. Hickenlooper, Governor I Robert W. Randall, Executive Director i Virginia Brannon, Director <br />