2008-01-29_REVISION - M1997065 (6)

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-4- Interest on Certificates of Deposit shall not be credited to the Certificate of Deposit. The Operator shall receive all such interest. The Operator may, from time to time, withdraw a Certificate of Deposit which is assurance hereunder if and to the extent that a substitute Certificate of Deposit is simultaneously deposited as assurance hereunder in the same amount as the Certificate withdrawn. If this Financial Warranty applies to National Forest System lands, and if this Financial Warranty is accepted by the United States Forest Service ("U.S.F.S.") as the bond required under 36 C.F.R., 252.13, then the Operator, having requested that the Board and the U.S.F.S. accept this single Financial Warranty in lieu of the separate bonds which would otherwise be required by applicable law, hereby agrees that, notwithstanding any other provision hereof, or of law, this Financial Warranty shall remain in full force and effect until U.S.F.S. has advised the*Board by written notice that the Operator's obligations to U.S.F.S., for which this Warranty is executed, have been satisfied, and until the financial warranty has been released by the Board. If this Financial Warranty applies to lands under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Land Commissioners ("Land Board"), and if this Financial Warranty, in whole or in part, is accepted by the band Board as the bond required under its applicable law and procedures, then the Operator, having requested that the State'accept this Financial Warranty in lieu of the separate bonds which would otherwise be' required by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board or Division and by the Land Board, hereby agrees that, notwithstanding any other provision hereof, or of law, this Financial Warranty shall remain in full force and effect until the Board is notified in writing by the Land Board that the Operator's obligations to the Land Board, for which this Warranty is executed, have been satisfied, and until the financial warranty has been released by the Board. If all or any part of the Affected Lands are under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of the Interior (the "BLM"), and if, at the request of the Operator on this Financial Warranty, the BLM has, pursuant to 43 C.F.R., 3809.1-9, accepted this Financial Warranty-in-iien of requiring a separate reclamation bond payable to the United States, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Financial Warranty, or of law, the Operator hereby agrees that this Financial Warranty shall not be released until the Board is advised in writing by the BL:M that the Operator's obligations to the BLM, for which this Warranty is executed, have been satisfied, and until the financial warranty has been released by the Board. This Financial Warranty may be executed in multiple copies, each of which shall be treated as an original, but together they constitute only one agreement, the validity and interpretation of which shall be governed by the laws of the State of Colorado. The provisions hereof shall bind and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and assigns.