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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br />February 21, 2008 <br />Henry M. Carter .~ <br />Nuvemco, LLC. <br />10771 3200 Road <br />Hotchkiss Colorado 81419 <br />~ECi~'v~® <br />FEB 2 5 2008 <br />Division otand Sa tY n, <br />Mining <br />Re: Monogram Mine, Permit No. M-1978-222, Permit Issues and Solution:s. <br />Dear Mr. Carter, <br />COLORADO <br />DIVISION O F <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />- &- <br />SAF ETY <br />Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />Governor <br />Harris D. Sherman <br />Executive Director <br />Ronald W. Cattany <br />Division Director <br />Natural Resource Trusiee <br />The Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety (DBMS) has been in discussions with Nuvemco, LLC. <br />regarding changes to the above referenced permitted site. Several issues have clouded the exact <br />disturbance and permitted areas for this site and the Monogram-Jo Dandy Mines, permit no. M-1977- <br />293. These issues come primarily from past permit communications that overlap, cross references to <br />both permits and use of unfamiliar names for structures and locations. <br />DBMS staff went through an extensive on site review with past operator International Uranium. A map <br />was produced dated 6/23/2003 that shows all the agreed upon disturbances covered under the permits for <br />both sites. Here again, the combination of both permits and sites on one map has still left some <br />questions as to what is what. These maps show claim boundaries primarily with permitted disturbances <br />within them. If one takes the acreages of each of the satellite sites it does add up to the permitted <br />acreages. <br />To move forward, DBMS is suggesting the Nuvemco review and complete one of the following two <br />options: <br />1) Request a full release of the Monogram Mine Permit and submit a new permit application with <br />the proposed new permit configuration as has been discussed. This is a clean break from the past <br />and would terminate the issues outright.. <br />2) The second option is some what more complicated but in the end should reach the same point of <br />breaking away from past issues and moving forward. Nuvemco would need to do the following: <br />a) Request a partial release for all permitted lands under M-1977-222 except the bobtail <br />portal area or a portion thereof, noted on the above referenced map under Rule 4.14. <br />b) Once the partial release was granted, Nuvemco would then be able to amend the permit <br />from the Bobtail site to bring in new "technically" undisturbed acreage back up to a <br />continuous 9.9 as represented on the preliminary map supplied to staff on our last visit. <br />Office of <br />Office of Active and Inactive Mines <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver Grand Junction Durango <br />