PERMFILE45441

• Permit No: M1977378
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 8/20/1996
• Doc Name: TEMPORARY CESSATION STATUS FN M-77-378
• From: SUNNYSIDE GOLD CORP
• To: DMG
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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P.O. Box 177 . Silverton, CO 81433
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August 13, 1996
Mr. Tom Gillis
Division of Minerals and Geology
Department of Natural Resources
1474 Main Avenue, Room 223
Durango, CO 81301
RE: Temporary Cessation Status
File No. M-77-378
Dear Mr. Gillis:
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Division of Adinerals & Geotogp'
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As we discussed in our telephone conversation on August 8, 1996,
the Sunnyside Mine and Mayflower Mill, Permit No. M-7'7-378 was
placed in temporary cessation status effective August 17, 1991
(letter attached). A formal status change has never been requested
by Sunnyside Gold Corporation (SGC) and DMG has not notified SGC of
any status change based on activities at the site. The five-year
temporary cessation period allowed without extension expires on
August 17, 1996.
The recently negotiated Consent Decree contemplated a series of
projects while treatment operations at the American Tunnel
continue. Final reclamation of that site and Tailing; Pond #4
cannot occur until permit release is achieved under the Consent
Decree, which may take more than five years. There~Eore, SGC
requests an extension of its temporary cessation status for an
additional five years.
If this is not appropriate for the site activity, then SGC requests
final reclamation status effective August 17, 1996. If final
reclamation status is found to be more appropriate, SGC' wants to
clarify that previous time schedules for final reclamation no
longer apply. Further site reclamation beyond that already
accomplished will be delayed until successful completion of SGC's
Consent Decree commitments thereby allowing SGC to proce~ad towards
final reclamation.
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