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Venture Resources, Inc. <br />PO Box 1974 (303) 619 -6323 <br />Idalio Spriiigs, CO 80:52 Fax: (303)4 <br />, vernthu eresourees(a�att.net <br />November 25, 2009 <br />CO Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Attn: Allen Sorenson <br />RE: M- 2009 -076 Application <br />Subject: "Complex" Designation <br />Dear Mr. Sorenson: <br />We are extremely disappointed that your office has designated our application "complex" and thereby extending the <br />decision date from December 24, 2009 to February 22, 2010. A simple operation of scooping up pre - existing waste <br />rock and running it through a gravity and flotation concentrating mill (technology dating to well over 75 years in the <br />past) seems anything but "complex ". <br />This comes after several face -to -face meetings (the latest being on Nov. 13 with you and Tony Waldron leading us <br />to believe this would not be the case. We specifically asked whether or not our application would be determined <br />"complex" and were assured that it probably would not. What changed in the last eleven days? <br />Why wouldn't you have mentioned this to us, knowing how important this timeline is to us? We have employees <br />laid -off and waiting to get back to work. Jobs are few and far between up here. Two additional months is a big deal <br />to guys trying to keep their houses and feed their families. <br />In the event this decision of "complex" designation stands, we are asking that your office keep frequent and rom t <br />correspondence with us of any further information that the DRMS determines it requires. We expect this <br />correspondence incrementally as the DRMS learns of any additional information needed. This seems fair if this <br />application is truly "complex" in nature and DRMS staff will be spending additional time evaluating. <br />We hope this designation is not going to place our application on the "back burner" without any attention until much <br />later. Do not wait until February to dump a letter on us with a long list of requirements. <br />Sincerely, <br />Venture Resources, Inc. <br />Ryan J. McHale, PE <br />Vice President <br />cc: Tony Waldron, DRMS <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />