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~r~ <br />C `C Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company <br />A Joint Venture - ANGLOGOLD ASNANTI (COLORADO) CORP., Manager <br />IJC.~ Operations Offiee <br />P.O. Box 191 • 100 North 3rd Street %~/~ <br />Victor, Colorado 80860 Y~/ <br />(719) 689-2977 • Fax (719) 6893254 <br />SENT U.S. POSTAL SERVICE -EXPRESS MAIL <br />April 7, 2006 <br />Mr. Berhan Keffelew <br />Sr. Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Office of Mined Land Reclamation <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />RECEIVED <br />~~~~~ <br />~pivisioa of Minerals sad Geology <br />t/ <br />RE: Cresson Proiect, Permit M-1980-244 Annual Resort and Fee v <br />Dear Mr. Keffelew: <br />Enclosed please find the annual report form, annual fee of $1,000.00 (check no. , <br />and map for Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company's (CC&V) Cresson Project, <br />Permit M-1980-244. This report covers the time period between April 1, 2005 and <br />March 31, 2006. <br />Reportable Conditions: <br />Amendment No. 8 site preparation and development activities continued in the Main <br />Cresson and East Cresson Mine areas. A Technical Revision (TR) was submitted to <br />and approved by the Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) to recalculate the VLF <br />capacity and update the VLF water balance (TR-45 approved June 2005). A second <br />Technical Revision (TR) was submitted to and approved by the DMG for the Phase IVc <br />VLF Facility Solution Management Enhancement and Increase to the East Cresson <br />Backfill (TR-46 approved February 2006). Initial development of the East Cresson <br />(Wildhorse) Mine began in 2005 and initial development of the South Cresson Mine <br />began in early 2006. <br />Enhancement of stormwater control features continued in 2005. Remaining <br />Amendment No. 8 activities will continue throughout 2006 and beyond. <br />~~~~ <br />Backfilling of the Portland surface mine began in January 2004 and was completed <br />during the fall of 2005. Two project areas were seeded by Western States Reclamation <br />on October 14 and 15, 2005. The recontoured and topsoiled Ironclad Tails <br />