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. • III IIIIIIIIIIIII III • 999 Mining and Minerals, LTD II 3131 Turtle Creek Blvd., #888, Dallas, Texas 75219 November 7, 1997 Department of Natural Resources Division of Minerals and Geology 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 RECEIVED Denver, CO 80203 Attention: Mr. Carl B. Mount NOV 12 IM1 RE: Permit M-83-052 Division u- .funerals&Geology Request for Disturbance Area Increase Dear Mr. Mount: This letter is a request for an increase in the current allowable disturbance at the Joker Mine in Moffat County, Colorado. The current allowable disturbance as stated in the existing Regular 112 Mining and Reclamation Permit M-83-052 is 11 acres. This permit is for the existing Joker Mine and pilot plant northwest of Craig, Colorado. The original permit was awarded to Marathon Gold Corporation (Marathon) in September 1983 for operation of the pilot scale mining operation. The 11 acre limit was based on the amount of bond that Marathon was able to post. The actual permit area is approximately 160 acres and the language in the original permit allowed up to 20 acres of disturbance. Because Marathon was only able to post a limited bond amount the limitation in disturbance was implemented. The l l acres includes 10 acres associated with the pilot plant site and ancillary facilities and one acre of active disturbance. The current bond posted for these 11 acres is $47,500. Mining and Minerals, LTD II (M&M) is requesting a change back to the original language of the permit which allowed up to 20 acres of disturbance at one time. This would increase the current active disturbance from one acre to ten acres. M&M believes this is sufficient to continue pilot scale operations at the Joker Mine. The additional acreage for mining operations would be for increasing the size of the working pit. The disturbance will include salvaging topsoil and removing ore for processing. M&M also understands that with the additional acreage an increase in bond will be required. The Division of Minerals and Geology is planning a site inspection on November 11, 1997 to record the current disturbance in anticipation of a recalculation in bond. We are requesting that a bond recalculation include the increase in acreage. This will assist M&M in planning their financial obligations and increase the bond in one lump sum.