PERMFILE52657

• Permit No: M2007026
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 6/8/2007
• Doc Name: Mining & Reclamation Permit
• From: DRMS
• To: Colowyo Coal Company L.P.
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETV /
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman 6t., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203 C O L O R A D O
Phone: [phone] p~ D I v I s 1 o N o r
RECLAMATION
FAX: [phone] O.NI
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SAFETY
MINING AND RECLAMATION PERMIT / efll Ritter, jr.
Governor
CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL MINING OPERATIONS Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
p Ronald W. Cottony
L .'"' Division Director
Permit Number: ~,qP~
M-2007-026 / Natural Resource Trustee
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Type of Permit: 110c ~'~

Permit Date: / //II'' vJ ~
June 8, 2007 '~ ,/ ~(~ ~ WI0
(Anniversary date for
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purposes)
THIS PERMIT is issued by the Mined Land Reclamation Boazd, Department of Natural Resources, State of
Colorado.
RECITALS
A. The Permittee, Colowyo Coal Company L.P. desires to conduct a mining operation known as Neilson
Pit, for the purpose of extracting Tellurium. Unless this permit is modified or a sepazate permit is issued to cover the
mining and/or recovery of other minerals or extractive products, the Petmittee will not mine or recover any other
commodities at this site.
B. On June 1, 2007 the Mined Land Reclamation Boazd (the "Boazd") approved the Permittee's application
for this permit, fixed the amount of the fmancial warranty and directed that this permit be issued upon the filing with the
Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (the "Division") of performance warranty and financial warranty (or
warranties) in the amount so fixed in form and substance approved by the Division. Said warranties have been filed with
the Division.
C. If the Permittee desires to extract materials other than those listed in (A), a separate permit or a permit
modification maybe required.
D. On June 1, 2007 the Boazd made the following findings:
1. The application for this permit complies with the requirements of the Colorado Mined Land
Reclamation Act for the Extraction of Construction Materials, C.R.S. 34-32.5-101 et seg., as amended, and with all
applicable local, state and federal laws;
2. The operation will not adversely affect the stability of any significant, valuable, and permanent
man-made structure located within two hundred feet of the Affected Land, except where there is an agreement between
the Operator and the persons having an interest in the structure that damage to the structure is to be compensated for by
the Permittee or if such an agreement cannot be reached, an engineering analysis establishes no damage will occur to the
structure to the satisfaction of the Division; and;
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