2024-09-09_PERMIT FILE - C2010089A ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C2010089A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 9/9/2024
• Doc Name: Legal, Financial, & Compliance and Related Information
• Section_Exhibit Name: Section 2.03
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

Section 2.03 Page 2.03-3 December 2021 (RN-02)
Legal, Financial, Compliance and Related Information

The New Horizon North Mine (NHN) area is located in the W ½ of Section 25, Township 47
North, Range 16 West of the New Mexico Principal Meridian. A significant portion of the mine
permit area corresponds to an area previously permitted by Peabody Coal Company (PCC), in
connection with a permit application submitted in April 1980 and approved in May 1993 as Permit
No. C-1981-008. Other portions of the NHN permit area were permitted and mined prior to 1973
as a portion of the Navajo and Nucla strip mines which were mined by the Edna Coal Company
starting in 1958 and subsequently by PCC until 1992.

PCC submitted an application for the Nucla Mine in April 1981 and Permit No. C-1981-008 was
issued by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division in May 1983. The separate Nucla East
Mine was incorporated into the permit in 1989. In 1992, the mining permit was transferred to
Western Fuels-Colorado (now Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation, LLC) and the two permit areas
were renamed the New Horizon 1 (NH1) and New Horizon 2 (NH2) Mines. All mining at NH1
(formerly the Nucla Mine) was completed by PCC while mining at NH2 (formerly Nucla East)
has been conducted solely by Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation, LLC (Elk Ridge). Map 2.04.3-
2 delineates areas previously mined, including “pre-law” disturbance.

The statements below are intended to address the requirements of Section 2.03 of the regulations
of the State of Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board.

2.03.4(2)(a) Identification of Permit Applicant

Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation, LLC
P.O. Box 33695
Denver, CO 80233
[phone]
Employer I.D. 84-1195998

Note: On May 11, 2016 Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation, LLC took over ownership of the New
Horizon North Mine (Permit No. C-2010-089) from Western Fuels-Colorado, A Limited Liability
Company. Other sections of this permit document, maps, figures, attachments, or leases may refer
to Western Fuels-Colorado, a Limited Liability Company, Western-Fuels-Colorado, Western
Fuels, or WFC. From May 11, 2016 forward these references actually refer to Elk Ridge Mining
and Reclamation, LLC. Please see Appendix 2.03.6-1 for a copy of the Tri-State Board Resolution
approving the name change from WFC to Elk Ridge.