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111 Illllllllllll Ill PUBLIC NOTICE MINREC INC., 2768 Compass Drive, Suite 101, Grand Junction, CO 81506, has submitted an application for a technical revision to the Division of Minerals and Geology for its North Thompson Creek Mines, mining permit No. C-81-025, issued August 16, 1988. The proposed revision will reduce the bond amount from $393,000 to $115,000. The sites for which the bond reduction is being requested are the North Thompson Creek Mine Site and the unit train loadout. The mine site is located in Pitkin County in Sections 34 and 35, T. 8 S., R. 89 W., 6th P.M. The loadout is located in Garfield County in Section 6, T. 8 S., R. 88 W. and Sections 20, 29, 30 and 32, T. 7 S., R. 88 W., 6th P.M. These areas can be located on the U.S.G.S. 7.5 minute Stony Ridge, Colorado and Carbondale, Colorado quadrangle maps respectively. The mine site and unit train loadout were contoured and vegetated during 1987. Vegetation studies performed during 1991 and 1992 have demonstrated the vegetation on the reclaimed mine site and unit train loadout has successfully established in accordance with the approved reclamation plan. The bond reduction is being requested on approximately 41 acres at the mine site and approximately 33 acres at the unit train loadout. A copy of the proposed technical revision is available for public inspection at the Garfield County Clerk and Recorder's Office, Garfield County Courthouse, Glenwood Springs, CO and at the offices of the Division. Written comments or objection to the proposed revision, and a request for a public hearing or informal conference may be submitted to and additional information obtained from the Division of Minerals and Geology, 1313 Sherman St., Room 215, Denver, Co. 80203-2273, phone (303) 866-3567. Comments objections or requests for a public hearing or informal conference must be made within thirty (30) days of the last publication of this notice.