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rt"~"' • 'Received I I '~Ideral Resources 2, ~o.g9 III ~IIIII~~II~~I I~{ eral Resources Corporation ~p~ J J@,ol~lt3ry 13, 1999 JAN 2 01999 238 South Edison Street P.O. Box 806, Salt Lake City, Utah 84110 On ~~ ;. •' ~~ 801 355-7260 Fa :801 521-6400 an54 r DufdtlpOF191dOfpC9 Divfalon of Mirprab a c,~a FN DER Mr. Steve S. Shuey, Environmental Protection pe~alist PUBLIC ~FFlCE Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology -Mined Land Reclamation Division FILE. FILE COP Durango Field Office C /1/I-O 't Y 484 Turner Drive, Building F -Suite 101 SITE. ~ D L~ q p Durango, Colorado 81301 ~~ YIA FAX {9701 247-5104 T2~~nT~ ~ r~-° And US Postal Service ~/!S ~ RE: Camp Bird Mine MLRD Permit No. M-82-090 Dear Mr. Shuey: Camp Bird Colorado, Inc. has received Mined Land Reclamation Division's (MLRD) letter of December 15, 1998 regarding financial warranty status. Consistent with subsequent discussions between MLRD and our technical consultant J. M. Beck R Associates, Camp Bird Colorado, Inc. (CBCI) herein provides the following responses pertaining to the imposed conditions as described on page two of that letter. (1) Technical Revision Application Submittal: CBCI requests modification of the stated submittal date for a Technical Revision Application to Monday, January 25, 1999 (thirty days prior to the next scheduled Mined Land Reclamation Board meeting). CBCI intends to submit, not later than that date, a Phase I Technical Revision pertaining to the first phase of a two-year phased reclamation program. Specifically, the Phase I Technical Revision will address reclamation activity to be pertormed during the 1999 field season for that portion of the Permit Area north of Canyon Creek. Accordingly, CBCI herein requests scheduling for an appearance before the Mined Land Reclamation Board's February 24-25, 1999 meeting to formally propose and seek acceptance of the phased reclamation program. (2) Financial Warranty Status: CBCI recognizes that MLRD has recalculated the financial warranty amount such that it exceeds the existing financial warranty. Activities are currently underway (e.g., installation of a secured portal closure), or scheduled to be completed (e.g., portal area structure demolition) in advance of summer 1999 reclamation earthwork activities. On completion of these activities, CBCI is confident that the exceedance amount of $18,544.00 can be eliminated prior to or in conjunction with startup of 1999 field season reclamation activities. Assuming Board approval of the Phase I Technical Revision by February 25, 1999, CBCI would be required (per Rule 4.2.1(7) of the Hard Rock and Metal Mining Rules and Regulations) to submit adequate financial warranty within 60 days, or by approximately April 25, 1999. It is reasonable to expect that site conditions (snowpack) at the Camp Bird Mine would preclude completion of {and submittal of adequate documentation thereof) these activities by that specific date. Based on that expectation, CBCI herein notifies the MLRD of its intent to petition fora 90- day extension of the financial warranty due date to July 25, 1999. Said petition for extension will be introduced during the scheduled appearance at the February 24-25, 1999 MLRB meeting.