PERMIT FILE - 9/30/2009, 7:08:58 AM-JWD

• Permit No: P2009005
• IBM Index Class Name: PERMIT FILE
• Doc Date: 8/31/2009
• Doc Name: First Adequacy Response
• From: Cats International
• To: DRMS
• Email Name: ACS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

\ STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
C O L O
DO
Denver, Colorado 80203 D
ION
Phone: [phone] RECLAMATION
FAX: [phone] MINING

SAFETY
July 7, 2009 Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Mr. Stephen Hilgers, Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Cats-International
Ronald W. Cattany
6499 Plateau Drive NaDivision Director
tural Resource Trustee
Englewood, CO 80111 4
RE. Santiago Mine, Receipt of Notice of Intent, File No. 82009-005
Dear Mr. Hilgers:
The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (DRMS) has received your Notice of Intent to
Conduct Prospecting (NOI). Our initial review indicates that it is incomplete. Please address the following
items at your earliest convenience bearing in mind that if you have not addressed these items within sixty
days of the date of this letter the DRMS may terminate this NOI (rule 5.1.3 of the Mineral Rules and
Regulations of the Mined Land Reclamation Board).
1. Please find enclosed the signature pages from the NOI forms you have provided. Sign and initial the
pages in blue ink and return them to the DRMS.
2. The DRMS has estimated the cost to plug and abandon the proposed core holes at $14,009.00 (see
enclosed estimating spreadsheets). Reclamation bond in this amount must be posted and accepted in writing
by DRMS prior to drilling the holes. Also, please commit to sealing the entire length of the holes using
tremied cement grout or high quality sodium bentonite gel if water is encountered during drilling, and to
install the sealing material immediately upon completion of drilling. If underground voids, e.g. mine
workings, are drilled into, drilling must cease and the DRMS must be contacted to confer on plugging of the
hole. Please provide a commitment to do so.
3. The NOI states that drill cuttings will be absorbed by talus. In accordance with Rule 5.5.2(c) of the
Mineral Rules and Regulations, please further commit that any cuttings that might remain at the surface will
be spread to no thicker than one-half inch.
4. There is some discussion of milling in the NO]. Please affirm that no milling is proposed at this time and
that no milling will occur under this NOI.
5. Is the proposed access gate on Forest Service managed land? Will the gate remain after prospecting, or
will it be removed. If the gate is to be removed, provide dimensions and descriptions of the gate and support
posts so that removal costs can be estimated to establish the amount of required bond.
6. It is stated in the NOI that the mill will remain at the site as a point of historical interest. Until agreements
are secured and accepted by DRMS showing that the historic site will be maintained in perpetuity, and
demonstrating that leaving the building will conform with Clear Creek County Codes, DRMS will require