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INTERNATIONAL Y URANIUM ~USA~ CORPORATION Independence Plaza, Suite 950 • 1050 Seventeenth Street • Denver, CO 80265 • 303 628 i79S March 21, 2003 Bob Oswald Environmental Protection Specialist' Division on Minerals & Geology Department of Natural Resources 701 Camino del Rio Durango, CO 81301 ~. '~ - ~,® 4rF,1+N AP ~~~~ R p~ >mM~~~ ~3 389 4125 (fax) C~fOBY ReCeiv~ MaR ;=~ ~ ?.aC3 _. Divis~of~^e a~dp/fi@o o9Y ~ ='~ Re: St. Jude Mine, Permit M-1978-039 HR/ -, ~ \\ Project Map, Site Report, and Responses to Inspection Reports C~E'(~.ll- `~0 G )J Dear Mr. Oswald: /// Enclosed is an updated project map For the St. Jude Mine, Permit M-1978-039 HR (the "Permit"), a site report on the current status and conditions of the features under the Permit, and responses to outstanding comments and questions which have been posed by the Division of Minerals & Geology (the "Division") since the subject Permit has been under the control of International Uranium (USA) Corporation (the "Operator"). The enclosed map, "ST. JUDE MINE, PERMIT M-1978-039 HR," 1" = 100', presents the features associated with the Permit. Reference the PROJECT LOCATION MAP, 1" = 300' submitted on February 6, 2003 with the update on the Sunday Mine, Permit M-1977-285, for a general location of the St. Jude Mine; the 1' = 300' maps shows all of the mines and related features associated with the Sunday group of mines. The Operator surveyed the Permit area in summer/fall of 2002. While survey work was underway, the Operator was performing site maintenance and reclamation activities at a number of mine sites throughout the region. Consequently, minor changes, which are not shown on the enclosed map, have taken place at the St. Jude site. These changes will be surveyed in the upcoming 2003 season, and an updated map will be submitted with the 2003 Annual Report for the St. Jude Mine. Detail information has been collected during new field surveys to prepare accurate and complete maps and to report on current site conditions. In the process of surveying the existing site, a number of discrepancies and/or permit omissions have been observed. These discrepancies and omissions occurred under former operators. As a consequence, the pre- existing map of the Affected Area does not reflect site conditions as they existed when this current Operator received the Permit by transfer in 1997. The Affected Area at the St. Jude Mine has not been delineated, either on maps or in the field. Based on current site conditions and future use and reclamation considerations for this site, the Operator has proposed a new Affected Area boundary. Although the Proposed Affected