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<br />BATTLE MOUNTAIN RESOURCES, INC <br />SAN LUIS, COLORADO <br />JUNE 10,1993 <br />THE INITIAL MEETING OF THE BMRI CITIZENS ADVISORY PANEL WAS HELD AT <br />THE COSTILLA COUNTY COMMUNITY CENTER IN SAN LUIS AT 7:0) P.M. JUNE <br />9, 1993. PRESENT WERE: JESSE ARAGON, CHARLES ATENCIO,J.J. BARELA, <br />STEVE BENAVIDEZ, ALFIRIO GURULE, ERNEST PACHECO, AND PRT SHARPLEY <br />JR., REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY, ELLIOT RING THE FACILITATOR, <br />KEN KLUKSDAHL AND ALFREDO CHAVEZ FROM BATTLE MOUNTAIN COLD. ABSENT <br />WERE FLOYD GARCIA MAYOR AND EPI JARAMILLO COUNTY COMMIS:~IONER. THEY <br />WERE ATTENDING OTHER MEETINGS. <br />PURPOSE OF THE MEETING WAS FOR INTRODUCTIONS, MEETING FORMAT, <br />FUTURE DATES, AND TO DISCUSS GENERALLY, CONCERNS THE PP.NEL MEMBERS <br />FELT THE COMMUNITY HAD. <br />KEN KLUKSDAHL OPENED THE SESSION WITH THE REASONS WHY :.UCH A PANEL <br />WAS BEING ORGANIZED:(A) TO SERVE AS A FORUM TO ACCURATELY <br />COMMUNICATE FROM THE COMMUNITY TO BMRI AND FROM BMRI TO THE <br />COMMUNITY, CONCERNS AND ISSUES THAT AFFECT BOTH. AND (B) LONG <br />RANGE, TO LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON COSTILLA COUI`TY AFTER <br />THE MINE. <br />ELLIOT RING PROCEEDED WITH THE MEETING AND DID AN EXCELLENT JOB <br />OF FACILITATING THE SESSION. <br />SOME OF THE CONCERNS WERE: <br />RECLAMATION (HOW MUCH AND WHEN) <br />LEAKS IN THE LINERS <br />WATER QUALITY <br />TAILINGS <br />TRUST <br />EARTH SCIENCE PROJECT <br />ECONOMIC IMPACT AFTER THE MINE <br />COMMUNICATIONS W/EMPLOYEES ABOUT <br />SKILLS ACQUIRED BY EMPLOYEES (FOR <br />RELOCATION OF EMPLOYEES <br />PUBLIC OPINION ABOUT PANEL'S ROLE <br />NEWS MEDIA <br />IMPACT <br />THE DURATION OPfLY) <br />THE MEETING CLOSED WITH SETTING A DATE FOR A TOUR OF TIIE OPERATION <br />ON JUNE 16TH (WEDNESDAY) AT 7:00 P.M. AND FOR THE NEX']' MEETING TO <br />BE ON JULY 14TH. <br />ALFREDO CHAVEZ <br />