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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION' OF RECLAMATION, MIMING A;ND SAFETY <br />De)2:!t:+ ier..,, Of \ 3it'!"iis Sf'.40U,,,,, <br />f .. Shomnaln Q, Room, 215 <br />Dcnvftf, C.olorti,,,Rl- 801,2 3 <br />Ph;)ne: .%ii. 866-3-',67 <br />FAX: i3t-,;i , 1`33, 2-8 i 06 <br />Form 2 <br />Public information only <br />For public filing <br />C0 L 0 R A D 0 <br />L)i"!:i1'4 0f <br />RECL:A,M4A7-ION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br /> <br />fi;:r it D, S err= im <br />I xecu!N`.,. Darr?cr <br />NOTICE OF INTENT TO CONDUCT PROSPECTING OPERATIONSr::!::r. r,!s . <br />FOR HARD ROCK/VIETAL MEVES <br />GENERAL: <br />To conduct prospecting activities in the State of Colorado, a person or organization must file a Notice of Intent to conduct <br />Prospecting Operations (NOI or Prospecting Notice) and provide a financial warranty for the prospecting operations to the <br />Mined Land Reclamation Board (MLRB or Board). All prospecting operations must comply with the Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Act, as amended (34-32-101 et seq. C.R.S.), and the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board Hard <br />Rock/Metal Mines Rules and Regulations 2 CCR 407-1 and amendments to those rules ("Rules"). This NOI forni is for all <br />minerals except coal and construction materials. The Division shall determine (where there is a question) if an operation is <br />prospecting or mining. <br />The New Law: <br />Senate Bill (SB) 228 became law on June 2, 2008. <br />SB 228 revised portions of C.R.S. 34-32-113 pertaining to confidentiality and filing; requirements of <br />Prospecting; Notices. <br />Certain aspects of Prospecting Notices will no longer be confidential. <br />As revised, C.R.S. 34-32-113 (3) now requires, in part, that "All information provided to the Board in a <br />notice of intent to conduct prospecting or a. modification of such a notice is a matter of public record subject <br />to the Open Records Act, Part 2 of Article 72 of Title 24. C.R.S, including, in the case, of a modification., the <br />original notice of intent; except that information re_latittg to tht? mineral deposit location. sire, or nature and, <br />«s deteYrmined by the Board, ether in.forntation designated. b the operator as proprietary or trade: secrets car <br />that would cause substantial han-ii to the competitive position. of'the operator shall be protected as <br />confidential in forntation by the Board. and. shall. not. be a natter of public record in the absence; of a written <br />release from the operator or until a finding by the Board that reclamation is satisfactory. Such information <br />designated as exempt shall remain confidential until a final. determination by the Board". If the Board <br />determines that information is not confidential, the Division shall treat it as public information thirty (30) <br />days from the Board's written order. <br />C.R.S. .34-32-113 (p) now requires that the applicant provide the N01 in an electronic version in addition to <br />the paper fbi-in and t'h a.t DR.MS post on the Division's ?,vebsite the N01 upon submittal. Specificalh. this <br />subsectkou test( si: "tJp,,iil the satlbmi:tal of a notice of Hilt C11. to conduct prospecting or it tz odification of,:Uch a <br />t Otte c-% tile. ?P?,-son submitting" such notice or ,::i{)C?It!! ritxili3 shall o,tve an eiect:roni version of the not-ic : o <br />..... `!i? . C.1i icc- of <br />al)d i.nC! i