2025-04-16_REVISION - M1988112 (2)

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NOTICE Consideration of Hard Rock Reclamation Permit Amendment DATE: April 16, 2025 TO: Costilla County Commissioners County Commissioner Box 318 San Luis, CO 81152 FROM: Lucas J. West RE: San Luis Project - File No. M-1988-112, Battle Mountain Resources, Inc. Amendment (AM-4) Installation of a Groundwater Intercept Wall Please be advised that on April 16, 2025, Battle Mountain Resources, Inc., whose address and telephone number are 6900 E Layton Ave, Denver, CO 80237; (303) 837-5729, filed an application for a/an Amendment (AM- 4) to M1988112, San Luis Project, which is located approximately 4 miles Northeast of San Luis, Section 22, Township 32S, Range 71W, 06th Principle Meridian, in Costilla County. This Amendment addresses the installation of a bentonite based slurry wall to prevent groundwater from entering the backfilled West Pit and becoming contaminated. A decision date has been set for July 15, 2025.Written comments or objections to the application may be submitted to and additional information obtained from Lucas J. West at the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, 1313 Sherman St. Room 215 Denver, CO 80203, by telephone at (303) 919-2997. Battle Mountain Resources, Inc. is required to publish a public notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the locality of the mining operation once per week for four consecutive weeks. If you wish to make comments on or objections to the mine plan and/or the reclamation plan, they must be submitted within twenty (20) days of the date of the last newspaper public notice to be considered in the application review process by the Division. You should contact the applicant for the newspaper publication date. If we do not receive your comments or any objection by the end of the public comment period, the Division will assume you have no objection or comment to the proposed activity. M-GR-03A-P