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go COLORADO Division of Reclamation. Mining and Safety Department of Natural Resources NOTICE OF INTENT TO CONDUCT PROSPECTING OPERATIONS FOR HARD ROCK/METAL MINES Form 1 All confidential and public information-For DRMS use and confidential filing Form 2 Public information only- For public filing GENERAL: To conduct prospecting activities in the State of Colorado, a person or organization must file a Notice of Intent to conduct Prospecting Operations (NOI or Prospecting Notice) and provide a financial warranty for the prospecting operations to the Mined Land Reclamation Board (MLRB or Board). All prospecting operations must comply with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act, as amended (34-32-101 et seq. C.R.S.), and the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board Hard Rock/Metal Mines Rules and Regulations 2 CCR 407-1 and amendments to those rules ("Rules"). This NOI form is for all minerals except coal and construction materials. The Division shall determine (where there is a question) if an operation is prospecting or mining. The New Law: Senate Bill (SB) 228 became law on June 2, 2008. SB 228 revised portions of C.R.S. 34-32-113 pertaining to confidentiality and filing requirements and requiring that certain aspects of Prospecting Notices will no longer be confidential. As revised, C.R.S. 34-32-113 (3) now requires, in part, that "All information provided to the Board in a notice of intent to conduct prospecting or a modification of such a notice is a matter of public record subject to the Open Records Act, Part 2 of Article 72 of Title 24,C.R.S.,including, in the case of a modification, the original notice of intent; except that information relating to the mineral deposit location, size, or nature and, as determined by the Board, other information designated by the operator as proprietary or trade secrets or that would cause substantial harm to the competitive position of the operator shall be protected as confidential information by the Board and shall not be a matter of public record in the absence of a written release from the operator or until a finding by the Board that reclamation is satisfactory. Such information designated as exempt shall remain confidential until a final determination by the Board". If the Board determines that information is not confidential, the Division shall treat it as public information thirty(30) days from the Board's written order. to6 0010 , y 1313 Sherman Street,Room 215,Denver,CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http://mining.state.co.us - Jared S.Polis,Governor I Dan Gibbs,Executive Director I Virginia Brannon,Director • • JA7i,•