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TRAPPER MINING INC. <br />April 26, 2006 <br />Mr. Jim Burnell <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Dear Mr. Burnell <br />RECEIVED <br />APR 2 7 2006 <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />Re: Trapper Mining Inc. <br />Coal Exploration Permit NOI-CX-2005-189-06, Amendment No. 4 <br />Please find enclosed duplicate copies of a drilling Notice of Intent (NOI) Amendment that is <br />intended to revise the location of one drill site to the above-referenced permit. Drill hole OS- <br />LW32 is relocated to a new location as detailed on the enclosed Amendment 4 application and <br />map. The drill site was previously approved and bonded with the original NOI-CX-2005- <br />189-006, Amendment 1 application. <br />Enclosed with this NOI Amendment application is an updated map that includes all drill hole <br />locations that were either approved with the original NOI-CX-2005-189-06 application, updated <br />with Amendments 1, 2 and 3, or are included with this amendment application. Please refer to the <br />original NOI-CX-2005-189-06 application for a proposed seed mix to be used for reclaiming the <br />sites as well as a hydrologic monitoring well schematic. <br />We feel that no change to the NOI surety bond should be required as a result of this amendment <br />application. In its new location, drill hole OS-LW32 is projected to be 180 feet more shallow than <br />the original location. Also, although drill hole 32 was originally placed in an area already <br />disturbed by mining (and not yet reclaimed) and the new site will require 0.23 additional acres of <br />surface disturbance, there are ten previously bonded drill holes that have been completed and <br />abandoned to date (holes OS-LW16, OS-LW18, OS-LW19, OS-LW20, OS-LW22, OS-LW23, OS- <br />LW24, OS-LW26, OS-LW28 and OS-LW29). While Trapper has no current plans to seek any bond <br />release until the drilling project is complete and all surface disturbance has been reclaimed, it <br />should be obvious that there is currently much excess bond capacity in place. <br />P.O. Box 187 Craig, Colorado 81626 (970) 824-4401 <br />