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'? Gault Group Inc. <br />creating paradigms in resource management <br />August 20, 2008 <br />Mr. Bob Oswald <br />,V-Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety <br />Durango Field Office <br />691 CR 223, Suite A-2 <br />Durango, CO 81301 <br />Mr. Tony Waldron <br />Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety <br /> <br />SS3 <br />2120 v- <br />08 <br />O ? <br />/? n{3o /e /of <br />m'047, CO <br />a?etY , <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />Denver Regional Office <br />1313 Sherman St. Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 - <br />Regarding: LKA International Inc., Golden Wonder Mine 1978-091, 110(d) <br />Reclamation Permit Amendment 003 Application. <br />Dear Bob and Tony: <br />Please find enclosed our formal 110(d) Amendment Application for the Golden Wonder <br />Mine. This Amendment captures the items identified in the August 13, 2008 Mined Land <br />Reclamation Board (MLRB) hearing, as well as the May 19, 2008 letter document citing <br />a'Reason to Believe a Violation Exists, Permit No. M-1978-091-UG, Golden Wonder <br />Mine. The hearing and the letter document identified several recommendations which <br />require immediate operator/owner attention in order to abate the civil penalties imposed <br />during the hearing. In partial response to those recommendations, this letter and all <br />associated attachments represent our formal Golden Wonder Designated Mining Limited <br />Impact (11 Od) Operation Reclamation Permit Application for an Amendment. <br />This amendment is provided to add acreage (added 6.4 acres) to the existing permit area <br />(3.5 acres) necessary to address surface area needs associated with the mine site. The <br />total amount of proposed area will be 9.9 acres. Addition of this surface area is necessary <br />for implementation of the required Deadman Gulch channelization project, landslide area <br />reclamation, surface area associated with both the Level 3 and Level 6 pads for future <br />mine site operations, and the Level 3 and Level 6 access roads which are dedicated to the <br />mine site. <br />There are several components to this submittal. The required `Designated Mining <br />Limited Impact (I IOd) Operation Reclamation Permit Application Package' form is <br />contained within Attachment A. Attachment A also provides narrative responses to <br />several of the form questions, as well as maps and tables for the information requested <br />2200 E. Camelback Road, Suite 217 36 West main street <br />Phoenix, Arizona 85016 Cortez, Colorado 81321 <br />602/294-6652 fax 602/294-6659 970/565-1222 fax 970-565-1226